CVE-2025-49354
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 Mindstien Technologies Recent Posts From Each Category recent-posts-from-each-category allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Recent Posts From Each Category: from n/a through <= 1.4.
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 Recent Posts From Each Category WordPress plugin (<=1.4) allows authenticated administrators to be tricked into submitting malicious requests that inject XSS payloads into plugin settings or category configurations. The injected scripts are stored and execute when other administrators view the affected plugin pages.
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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
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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 plugin installationCheck if the 'Recent Posts From Each Category' plugin exists in the WordPress plugins directory (wp-content/plugins/recent-posts-from-each-category/ or similar naming).Affected if The plugin directory exists on the server.
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Identify installed versionOpen the plugin's main PHP file or readme.txt and locate the Version header. Compare against the affected range: <=1.4.Affected if The installed version is 1.4 or any version lower than 1.4.
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Inspect stored plugin settings in databaseQuery the wp_options table (or options table) for entries containing the plugin name or related option names. Look for suspicious script tags, javascript:, or HTML tags in option_value fields.Affected if Stored XSS payloads (script tags, event handlers, or encoded JavaScript) are found in plugin-related option values.
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Review admin form nonce implementationExamine the plugin's admin PHP files for form submissions and AJAX handlers. Check if wp_nonce_field or wp_verify_nonce are used on plugin settings and category configuration forms.Affected if Plugin admin forms lack CSRF nonce verification on settings save actions or AJAX endpoints.
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Check for reflected XSS in plugin pagesAccess the plugin admin pages as an administrator. Use a browser developer tool or proxy to inspect the source when viewing category configuration or plugin settings pages. Look for unescaped output of stored values.Affected if Stored values from the plugin settings are rendered without proper output escaping in the admin dashboard.
The environment is affected if the Recent Posts From Each Category plugin is installed at version 1.4 or lower, or if stored XSS payloads are detected in plugin-related database options.
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 dataImplement anti-CSRF nonces on all plugin admin forms and AJAX handlers; add proper input sanitization and output escaping for all stored and displayed data.
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- Review / QA2.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2025-49354 in production — separate from our analysis above.
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.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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