CVE-2025-0170
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

The DWT - Directory & Listing WordPress Theme version 3.3.3 and earlier contains a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability. The vulnerability was discovered by István Márton and was disclosed on January 15, 2025, with CVE identifier CVE-2025-0170. The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS score of 6.1 (Wordfence Results).

Technical details

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on the 'sort_by' and 'token' parameters in the DWT - Directory & Listing WordPress Theme version 3.3.3 and earlier (NVD).

Impact

The vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to potentially inject malicious scripts that could be executed in users' browsers when they visit affected pages, potentially leading to theft of sensitive information or manipulation of web content.

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