Custom Twitter Feeds <= 2.2.5 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Cache Reset via ctf_clear_cache_admin Function
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Tampering
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-352.
Summary
The Custom Twitter Feeds – A Tweets Widget or X Feed Widget plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 2.2.5. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the ctf_clear_cache_admin() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to reset the plugin's cache via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-1314
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-gvhm-v86j-c7fx
References
Other 6
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/28d47605-ecb8-42cc-901a-3cf07b946877?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/custom-twitter-feeds/trunk/custom-twitter-feed.php#L833
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/custom-twitter-feeds/trunk/custom-twitter-feed.php#L810
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/custom-twitter-feeds/trunk/custom-twitter-feed.php#L1014
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/custom-twitter-feeds/#developers
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3254840/
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Sources
- CVE-2025-1314 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-1314 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-gvhm-v86j-c7fx · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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