CVE-2025-32245
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedCross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Chaser324 Featured Posts Scroll featured-posts-scroll allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Featured Posts Scroll: from n/a through <= 1.25.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceCSRF vulnerability in the Featured Posts Scroll WordPress plugin allows attackers to inject malicious JavaScript through Stored XSS. An authenticated administrator could be tricked into submitting a crafted request that stores malicious scripts in the plugin settings, which then execute when other users view affected pages.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Confirm Featured Posts Scroll plugin is installedIn WordPress admin, go to Plugins > Installed Plugins and look for 'Featured Posts Scroll' in the list. Note the version number displayed.Affected if The plugin is installed and the version is lower than the patched version.
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Check the plugin version against the fixCompare your installed version to the latest version available at wordpress.org/plugins/featured-posts-scroll. If your version is older, it is likely vulnerable.Affected if Your installed version is older than the latest available version.
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Inspect the plugin settings for nonce protectionExamine the plugin PHP code in wp-content/plugins/featured-posts-scroll/ and look for wp_nonce_field or wp_verify_nonce calls in the form handling functions that save plugin settings.Affected if The settings save functions lack nonce verification, indicating missing CSRF protection.
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Examine stored plugin settings in the databaseQuery the wp_options table for option_name like '%featured_posts_scroll%' or similar plugin-specific prefixes. Inspect the option_value for any unsanitized HTML script tags or JavaScript code.Affected if The stored settings contain unescaped HTML script tags or JavaScript code that could execute.
A user is affected if the Featured Posts Scroll plugin is installed, the version is outdated, and the settings form lacks CSRF protection or contains malicious stored scripts.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataUpdate to the latest version of Featured Posts Scroll if available. Otherwise, implement anti-CSRF tokens (nonces) on all form submissions and AJAX actions, and ensure all user inputs are properly sanitized before storage and escaped on output.
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The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
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