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CVE-2025-22817: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

A stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability was discovered in the WordPress BP Profile Shortcodes Extra plugin, affecting versions through 2.6.0. The vulnerability was identified on January 7, 2025, and was assigned CVE-2025-22817. The issue stems from improper neutralization of input during web page generation (Patchstack, NVD).

Technical details

The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base 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 issue is classified under CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation) and requires contributor-level privileges to exploit (Patchstack).

Impact

The vulnerability could allow a malicious actor 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

As of January 2025, no official fix is available for this vulnerability. The issue affects versions through 2.6.0 of the BP Profile Shortcodes Extra plugin (Patchstack).

Community reactions

The vulnerability was initially reported by security researcher Peter Thaleikis on November 17, 2024, and was subsequently published by Patchstack on January 7, 2025 (Patchstack).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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