CVE-2025-24620: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

A Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability was discovered in the AIO Shortcodes WordPress plugin affecting versions up to 1.3. The vulnerability was identified on December 30, 2024, and assigned CVE-2025-24620. This security issue affects the AIO Shortcodes plugin and allows unauthenticated users to perform Stored XSS attacks (Patchstack).

The vulnerability is classified as a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) issue with a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.1 (HIGH), with the following vector string: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L. The vulnerability is categorized under CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (NVD).

The 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).

Users are advised to update to version 1.3.1 or later to resolve the vulnerability. For users of Patchstack, a virtual patch has been issued to mitigate this issue by blocking any attacks until the update to a fixed version can be completed (Patchstack).