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CVE-2025-22743: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

The Twitter Bootstrap Collapse aka Accordian Shortcode WordPress plugin contains a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in versions up to and including 1.0. The vulnerability was discovered on January 14, 2025, and affects authenticated users with contributor-level access and above (WPScan, Patchstack).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) issue due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. It has been assigned a CVSS score of 6.4 (medium) and is categorized under OWASP Top 10 A7: Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) with CWE-79 classification (WPScan).

Impact

The 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 an injected page, potentially leading to unauthorized actions or data theft (WPScan).

Mitigation and workarounds

Currently, there is no known fix available for this vulnerability. Website administrators using the affected plugin should consider either removing it or implementing additional security controls to restrict access to contributor-level users (Patchstack).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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