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CVE-2025-2083: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

The Logo Carousel Gutenberg Block plugin for WordPress contains a Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability (CVE-2025-2083) discovered on April 15, 2025. The vulnerability affects all versions up to and including 2.1.6 and is related to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping of the 'sliderId' parameter (NVD).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (CWE-79) issue with a CVSS v3.1 base score of 6.4 (Medium) and vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N. The vulnerability exists in the 'sliderId' parameter which lacks proper input sanitization and output escaping in the plugin's code (Wordfence).

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).

Exploitability

The vulnerability requires an authenticated user with at least Contributor-level privileges to exploit. The attack complexity is considered low, requiring no user interaction for the exploit to succeed (NVD).

Mitigation and workarounds

The vulnerability has been patched in version 2.1.7 of the Logo Carousel Gutenberg Block plugin. Users are advised to update to this version immediately as it specifically addresses the dynamic style security issue (WordPress Plugin).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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