Custom Twitter Feeds <= 2.2.5 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Cache Reset via ctf_clear_cache_admin Function

2025-03-19 16:21
Kévin Mosbahi (Mika)

Strategic Overview

Vulnerability Overview

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.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 2.3.0, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)) The web application does not, or cannot, sufficiently verify whether a request was intentionally provided by the user who sent the request, which could have originated from an unauthorized actor.

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