# CVE-2025-0554: Podlove Podcast Publisher <= 4.1.25 - Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Feed Name

> Administrators can inject arbitrary scripts via Feed Name in Podlove Podcast Publisher, affecting multi-site or restricted HTML installations.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 18 Jan 2025
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-8wxc-r8x6-h56h

## What is CVE-2025-0554?

CVE-2025-0554 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in eteubert Podlove Podcast Publisher, published on 18 Jan 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Podlove Podcast Publisher plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the Feed Name value in version <= 4.1.25 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level access, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This only affects multi-site installations and installations where unfiltered_html has been disabled.

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-0554?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Podlove Podlove Podcast Publisher.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-0554?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-0554 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-0554 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-0554 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in eteubert Podlove Podcast Publisher

- [CVE-2021-24666](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24666/): Podlove Podcast Publisher < 3.5.6 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2016-10942](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-10942/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-43984](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-43984/): WordPress Podlove Podcast Publisher plugin <= 4.1.13 - CSRF to Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability (critical 9.6)
- [CVE-2024-52393](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-52393/): WordPress Podlove Podcast Publisher plugin <= 4.1.15 - Admin+ Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2017-12949](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-12949/): SQL injection in n/a (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-0554 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-0554 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in eteubert Podlove Podcast Publisher, published on 18 Jan 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-0554 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: eteubert Podlove Podcast Publisher. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-0554/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-0554/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-0554
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-0554
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-0554

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-0554/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.