CVE-2025-23845
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

A Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability has been identified in ERA404 ImageMeta plugin versions 1.1.2 and below. The vulnerability was discovered by Le Ngoc Anh and was publicly disclosed on January 16, 2025 (Patchstack).

Technical details

The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS score of 7.1, indicating a medium severity level. This Reflected XSS vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to inject malicious scripts into web pages (Patchstack).

Impact

If exploited, this vulnerability could enable 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 compromised site (Patchstack).

Mitigation and workarounds

Currently, 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 (Patchstack).

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