CVE-2025-22570: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

The vulnerability (CVE-2025-22570) is a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting the Inline Tweets WordPress plugin versions up to 2.0. The vulnerability was discovered and disclosed on January 7, 2025, by researcher SOPROBRO. This security issue affects the Miloš Đekić Inline Tweets plugin and allows for Stored XSS attacks (NVD, Patchstack).

The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.1 (HIGH) with the following vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L. The vulnerability is classified under CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation). This is an unauthenticated stored cross-site scripting vulnerability, meaning attackers don't need to be authenticated to exploit it (Patchstack).

The vulnerability allows malicious actors to inject malicious scripts, such as redirects, advertisements, and other HTML payloads into the website which will be executed when guests visit the site. This could lead to compromised user sessions, stolen credentials, or other malicious activities (Patchstack).

Currently, there is no official fix available for this vulnerability. However, Patchstack has issued a virtual patch to mitigate this issue by blocking any attacks until an official fix becomes available. Website owners are advised to either implement the virtual patch or consider removing the plugin until a security update is released (Patchstack).