CVE-2025-10580: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

The Widget Options – The #1 WordPress Widget & Block Control Plugin for WordPress (CVE-2025-10580) is a Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability discovered by researcher Nguyen Ngoc Quang Bach (maysbachs). The vulnerability affects all versions up to and including 4.1.2 of the plugin. This security issue was publicly disclosed on October 24, 2025 (Wordfence Intel).

The vulnerability is classified as a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (CWE-79) issue that stems from insufficient input sanitization and output escaping in multiple functions. The severity is rated as Medium with a CVSS v3.1 Base Score of 6.4 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N) (NVD).

The vulnerability allows authenticated attackers with Contributor-level access or higher to inject arbitrary web scripts into pages. These malicious scripts will execute whenever a user accesses the compromised page (NVD).

The vulnerability requires an authenticated user with at least Contributor-level privileges to exploit. The attack complexity is considered Low, requiring network access and no user interaction for successful exploitation (Wordfence Intel).