CVE-2025-25081
WordPress Embed RSS plugin <= 3.1 - Arbitrary Shortcode Execution vulnerability
Missing Authorization vulnerability in DeannaS Embed RSS embed-rss allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Embed RSS: from n/a through <= 3.1.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used 4.8
WordPress Embed RSS plugin <= 3.1 - Arbitrary Shortcode Execution vulnerability
Missing Authorization vulnerability in DeannaS Embed RSS embed-rss allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Embed RSS: from n/a through <= 3.1.
- Record
CVE-2025-25081- CVSS 3.1
- 4.8 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-4021 4.8
Missing Authorization vulnerability in DeannaS Embed RSS embed-rss allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Embed RSS: from n/a through <= 3.1.
- Record
EUVD-2025-4021- CVSS 3.1
- 4.8 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-rh29-f327-4hgq 4.2
Missing Authorization vulnerability in DeannaS Embed RSS allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured...
Missing Authorization vulnerability in DeannaS Embed RSS allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels. This issue affects Embed RSS: from n/a through 3.1.
- Record
GHSA-rh29-f327-4hgq- CVSS 3.1
- 4.2 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD 4.2
Missing Authorization vulnerability in DeannaS Embed RSS embed-rss allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Embed RSS: from n/a through <= 3.1.
- Record
CVE-2025-25081- CVSS 3.1
- 4.2 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2025-25081 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.8) in Deannas Embed Rss, published February 7, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.22%, the 12th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/embed-rss/vulnerability/wordpress-embed-rss-plugin-3-1-arbitrary-shortcode-execution-vulnerability-2?_s_id=cve
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-25081
patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/embed-rss/vulnerability/wordpress-embed-rss-plugin-3-1-arbitrary-shortcode-execution-vulnerability-2?_s_id=cve
github.com/advisories/GHSA-rh29-f327-4hgq