Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2025-1437

CVE-2025-1437:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

The Advanced iFrame plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting (CVE-2025-1437) via the plugin's 'advanced_iframe' shortcode in versions up to and including 2024.5. The vulnerability was discovered and disclosed on March 26, 2025 (NVD).

Technical details

The vulnerability stems from insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user-supplied attributes in the 'advanced_iframe' shortcode. The issue has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 Base Score of 6.4 (Medium) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N. The vulnerability is classified as CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (NVD).

Impact

When exploited, this 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).

Mitigation and workarounds

Users should update the Advanced iFrame plugin to a version newer than 2024.5 when available. The vulnerability has been addressed in the plugin's changelog, which includes security fixes for input sanitization and output escaping (WordPress Plugin).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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