Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2025-22515

CVE-2025-22515:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

The CVE-2025-22515 is a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting the Show Google Analytics widget plugin versions 1.5.4 and below for WordPress. The vulnerability was discovered by SOPROBRO and was disclosed on January 7, 2025. This security issue allows malicious actors to inject malicious scripts into websites using the affected plugin (Patchstack).

Technical details

The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS score of 6.5, indicating a low to moderate severity level. It is classified under the OWASP Top 10 category A3: Injection, specifically as a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability. The vulnerability requires Contributor-level privileges to exploit (Patchstack).

Impact

If exploited, this vulnerability could allow attackers to inject malicious scripts, including redirects, advertisements, and other HTML payloads into websites using the affected plugin. These malicious scripts would be executed when guests visit the affected sites (Patchstack).

Mitigation and workarounds

Currently, there is no official fix available for this vulnerability. Given the low severity impact and unlikely exploitation potential, virtual patching is deemed unnecessary (Patchstack).

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