Cross-Site Request Forgery Vulnerability in Google XML News Sitemap Plugin by Gary Illyes
CVE-2025-48304

7.1HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

WordPress
Status
Google Xml News Sitemap Plugin
Vendor
CVE Published:
28 August 2025

What is CVE-2025-48304?

A Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the Google XML News Sitemap plugin by Gary Illyes allows attackers to perform unauthorized actions on behalf of users, potentially leading to Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks. This vulnerability impacts versions from n/a through 0.02, posing a risk of malicious scripts being executed within the context of a user's session.

Affected Version(s)

Google XML News Sitemap plugin <= 0.02

References

https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/gn-xml-s...
vdb-entry

CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.1
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
Low
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Changed

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Nguyen Xuan Chien (Patchstack Alliance)
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