CVE-2025-23641
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

The vulnerability identified as CVE-2025-23641 affects Powie's pLinks PagePeeker WordPress plugin versions 1.0.2 and below. The vulnerability was discovered by researcher SOPROBRO and was publicly disclosed on January 16, 2025 (Patchstack).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) issue with a CVSS score of 6.5, indicating a low to moderate severity level. The vulnerability requires contributor-level privileges to exploit (Patchstack).

Impact

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

Mitigation and workarounds

Currently, no official fix is available for this vulnerability. The security issue has been classified as having a low priority for patching (Patchstack).

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