Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2025-22804

CVE-2025-22804:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

A Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability was identified in the WordPress Author Avatars List/Block plugin, tracked as CVE-2025-22804. The vulnerability affects versions through 2.1.23 of the plugin and was discovered by researcher SOPROBRO. The issue was initially reported on November 28, 2024, and was publicly disclosed on January 7, 2025 (Patchstack).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (CWE-79) issue. It received a CVSS v3.1 score of 6.5 (Medium), with the following vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L. The vulnerability requires Contributor-level privileges or higher to exploit (Patchstack).

Impact

If exploited, this vulnerability could allow malicious actors to inject malicious scripts, including redirects, advertisements, and other HTML payloads into the website. These injected scripts would be executed when guests visit the affected site (Patchstack).

Mitigation and workarounds

The vulnerability has been patched in version 2.1.24 of the Author Avatars List/Block plugin. Users are advised to update to version 2.1.24 or later to remove the vulnerability. Patchstack users have the option to enable auto-updates for vulnerable plugins (Patchstack).