# CVE-2025-23424: WordPress Marquee Style RSS News Ticker plugin <= 3.2.0 - CSRF to Stored Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

> Attackers can trick admins into triggering stored XSS via CSRF, potentially leading to code execution or site compromise.

- **Severity:** High 7.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 16 Jan 2025
- **Updated:** 11 May 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-7rv9-9p3f-2267

## What is CVE-2025-23424?

CVE-2025-23424 is a high-severity vulnerability in bnovotny Marquee Style RSS News Ticker, published on 16 Jan 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in bnovotny Marquee Style RSS News Ticker marquee-style-rss-news-ticker allows Cross Site Request Forgery.This issue affects Marquee Style RSS News Ticker: from n/a through <= 3.2.0.

Weakness: CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-23424?


## How do I fix CVE-2025-23424?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-23424 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-23424 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-23424 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-23424 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-23424 is a high-severity vulnerability in bnovotny Marquee Style RSS News Ticker, published on 16 Jan 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-23424 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: bnovotny Marquee Style RSS News Ticker. 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-2025-23424/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-23424/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-23424
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-23424
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-23424

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-23424/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.