CVE-2025-28950
WordPress Post Author plugin <= 1.1.1 - Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) Vulnerability
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.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
WordPress Post Author plugin <= 1.1.1 - Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) Vulnerability
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.
- Record
CVE-2025-28950- CVSS 3.1
- 7.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-352
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-17167
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.
- Record
EUVD-2025-17167- CVSS 3.1
- 7.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-68hc-jc4x-cvf7
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in David Shabtai Post Author allows Stored XSS....
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in David Shabtai Post Author allows Stored XSS. This issue affects Post Author: from n/a through 1.1.1.
- Record
GHSA-68hc-jc4x-cvf7- CVSS 3.1
- 7.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-352
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
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.
- Record
CVE-2025-28950- CVSS 3.1
- 7.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-352
- 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-2025-28950 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.1) in David Shabtai Post Author, published June 6, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.16%, the 5th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/post-author/vulnerability/wordpress-post-author-1-1-1-cross-site-request-forgery-csrf-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-28950
github.com/advisories/GHSA-68hc-jc4x-cvf7