Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2025-23509

CVE-2025-23509:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

The HyperComments WordPress plugin versions through 0.9.6 contains a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability. The vulnerability was discovered by João Pedro S Alcântara (Kinorth) and was publicly disclosed on January 16, 2025. This security issue affects all versions of HyperComments up to and including version 0.9.6 (Patchstack).

Technical details

The vulnerability has been assigned CVE-2025-23509 and received a CVSS score of 7.1 (Medium). The security flaw is classified as a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability, falling under the OWASP Top 10 category A3: Injection. The issue can be exploited by unauthenticated attackers (Patchstack).

Impact

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 visitors access the affected site (Patchstack).

Mitigation and workarounds

Currently, there is no official fix 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 mitigation measures immediately (Patchstack).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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