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CVE-2025-24638:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The vulnerability CVE-2025-24638 is a Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability discovered in Pete Dring's Create with Code WordPress plugin affecting versions through 1.4. The vulnerability was reported by SOPROBRO and publicly disclosed on January 24, 2025 (Patchstack).
Technical details
This is a DOM-Based Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability classified under CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation). The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 score of 6.5 (Medium) with the following vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L (NVD).
Impact
The vulnerability could allow a malicious actor to inject malicious scripts, which could lead to redirects, unauthorized advertisements, and other HTML payloads being executed when guests visit the affected site. This affects the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the website (Patchstack).
Mitigation and workarounds
The vulnerability has been patched in version 1.5 of the Create with Code plugin. Users are advised to update to version 1.5 or later to remove the vulnerability (Patchstack).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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