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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2025-12671
CVE-2025-12671:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The WP-Iconics WordPress plugin (versions <= 0.0.4) contains a Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability identified as CVE-2025-12671. The vulnerability was publicly disclosed on November 10, 2025, and was last updated on November 11, 2025. The vulnerability affects multiple parameters of the 'wp_iconics' shortcode in the plugin (AttackerKB, Wordfence).
Technical details
The vulnerability is classified as a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) issue that affects authenticated users with Contributor level access or higher. The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS score of 6.4 (Medium), indicating a moderate severity level (Wordfence).
Impact
As a Stored XSS vulnerability, successful exploitation could allow attackers to inject malicious scripts that would be executed in other users' browsers when viewing affected pages. This could lead to session hijacking, credential theft, or other client-side attacks (AttackerKB).
Mitigation and workarounds
The plugin has been temporarily closed and is no longer available for download from the WordPress plugin repository as of November 7, 2025. Users are advised to remove the plugin from their WordPress installations until a security review is completed and a patched version is released (WordPress).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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