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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2025-23464
CVE-2025-23464:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The WordPress Twitter News Feed plugin version 1.1.1 and earlier contains a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability, identified as CVE-2025-23464. The vulnerability was discovered by researcher SOPROBRO and was publicly disclosed on January 16, 2025, with the last update recorded on March 10, 2025 (Wordfence Intel, Patchstack Database).
Technical details
The vulnerability is classified as a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) issue with a CVSS score of 6.1 (Medium) according to Wordfence, while Patchstack assigns it a slightly higher CVSS score of 7.1. The vulnerability stems from improper neutralization of input during web page generation, allowing for potential script injection (NVD Database, Patchstack Database).
Impact
The vulnerability could allow malicious actors to inject harmful scripts, including redirects, advertisements, and other HTML payloads into affected websites. These injected scripts would be executed when visitors access the compromised site (Patchstack Database).
Exploitability
The vulnerability requires no authentication to exploit (unauthenticated attack vector) and is considered moderately dangerous with expectations of being exploited in the wild (Patchstack Database).
Mitigation and workarounds
As of March 2025, no official fix is available for this vulnerability. However, Patchstack has issued a virtual patch to mitigate the issue by blocking potential attacks until an official fix becomes available. Website administrators are advised to implement the mitigation immediately (Patchstack Database).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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