CVE-2025-28950 WordPress Post Author plugin <= 1.1.1 - Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) Vulnerability
Attackers can exploit CSRF to inject stored XSS payloads, allowing malicious script execution in victim browsers.
- 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
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-28950?
CVE-2025-28950 is a high-severity vulnerability in David Shabtai Post Author, published on 6 Jun 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 David Shabtai Post Author post-author allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Post Author: from n/a through <= 1.1.1.
Weakness: CWE-352
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-28950?
How do I fix CVE-2025-28950?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-28950 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-28950 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-28950 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-68hc-jc4x-cvf7.