Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Attacker needs no credentials (PR:N) but requires active admin interaction with a crafted page (UI:R); impact is integrity-only at low severity, with no confidentiality or availability consequence.
Primary rating from Vendor (WPScan).
CVSS VectorVendor: WPScan
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
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The Podlove Podcast Publisher WordPress plugin before 4.5.3 does not perform nonce validation on some of its administrative create and delete actions, allowing attackers to create rogue records or delete legitimate ones via a forged request (CSRF) when a logged-in administrator is tricked into visiting a crafted page.
AnalysisAI
CSRF in Podlove Podcast Publisher WordPress plugin (all versions before 4.5.3) allows unauthenticated remote attackers to forge administrative requests that create rogue records or delete legitimate plugin data, provided a logged-in administrator can be socially engineered into visiting a malicious page. A publicly available proof-of-concept exists per WPScan and SSVC data, though EPSS sits at just 0.10% (1st percentile), indicating no significant opportunistic exploitation activity. …
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Vulnerability AssessmentAI
| Exploitation | Exploitation requires that the target WordPress site has Podlove Podcast Publisher installed and running a version below 4.5.3. … Additional conditions and limiting factors are described in the full assessment. |
| Risk Assessment | The CVSS 3.1 score of 4.3 (Medium) with vector AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N accurately reflects the constrained real-world risk: the attack is network-delivered and requires no attacker credentials, but UI:R is a firm gate - exploitation collapses without successful social engineering of a logged-in WordPress administrator. … Full risk analysis with EPSS, KEV, and SSVC signal comparison available after sign-in. |
| Exploit Scenario | An attacker crafts a hidden HTML form on a malicious webpage that targets the Podlove plugin's nonce-less administrative endpoints (create or delete actions), then distributes the link via a phishing email to a WordPress site administrator. When the administrator visits the page while their admin session is active, the browser automatically submits the forged request, silently manipulating podcast-related records without any confirmation prompt. … |
| Remediation | Upgrade Podlove Podcast Publisher to version 4.5.3 or later, which adds proper nonce validation to the affected administrative actions. … Detailed patch versions, workarounds, and compensating controls in full report. |
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External POC / Exploit Code
Leaving vuln.today
EUVD-2026-51703
GHSA-2c9c-r2jq-hgq6