Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2025-22820

CVE-2025-22820:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

A Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability was discovered in Daniel Walmsley's VR Views WordPress plugin, affecting versions up to 1.5.1. The vulnerability was initially reported by researcher 0xd4rk5id3 on November 27, 2024, and was publicly disclosed on January 7, 2025, with CVE-2025-22820 being assigned (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 authenticated access with Contributor-level privileges or higher to exploit (NVD, 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

As of January 14, 2025, no official fix has been released for this vulnerability. The issue remains unpatched in version 1.5.1 and earlier versions of the VR Views plugin (Patchstack).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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