CVE-2025-1383: Podlove Podcast Publisher <= 4.2.2 - Cross-Site Request Forgery via ajax_transcript_delete Function
Description
The Podlove Podcast Publisher plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 4.2.2. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the ajax_transcript_delete() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete arbitrary episode transcripts via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
Classification
CVE ID: CVE-2025-1383
CVSS Base Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS Base Score: 4.3
CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Problem Types
CWE-352 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)Affected Products
Vendor: eteubert
Product: Podlove Podcast Publisher
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
EPSS Score: 0.01% (probability of being exploited)
EPSS Percentile: 1.04% (scored less or equal to compared to others)
EPSS Date: 2025-04-04 (when was this score calculated)
References
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-1383https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/00a95ae7-3c58-4e5e-aaef-c04d1dacf27f?source=cve
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/podlove-podcasting-plugin-for-wordpress/tags/4.2.0/lib/modules/transcripts/transcripts.php#L223
https://wordpress.org/plugins/podlove-podcasting-plugin-for-wordpress/#developers
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3246867/