Wiz
Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2025-24731

CVE-2025-24731: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

A Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability was discovered in the WordPress IP2Location Country Blocker plugin versions 2.38.3 and earlier. The vulnerability was reported on January 17, 2025, and publicly disclosed on January 24, 2025. This security issue was assigned CVE-2025-24731 and affects the Download IP2Location Country Blocker WordPress plugin (Patchstack).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) issue, falling under the OWASP Top 10 category A3: Injection. It received a CVSS severity score of 5.9, categorizing it as a low-severity vulnerability. The issue requires administrator privileges to exploit (Patchstack).

Impact

If exploited, 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 guests visit the affected site (Patchstack).

Mitigation and workarounds

The vulnerability has been patched in version 2.38.4 of the plugin. Users are advised to update to version 2.38.4 or later to remediate this security issue. The fix was released shortly after the vulnerability was reported (Patchstack).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

Related WordPress vulnerabilities:

CVE ID

Severity

Score

Technologies

Component name

CISA KEV exploit

Has fix

Published date

CVE-2025-14478HIGH7.5
  • demo-importer-plus
NoYesJan 17, 2026
CVE-2025-8615MEDIUM6.4
  • cubewp-framework
NoYesJan 17, 2026
CVE-2025-14078MEDIUM5.3
  • woocommerce-for-paygent-payment-main
NoYesJan 17, 2026
CVE-2025-12129MEDIUM5.3
  • cubewp-framework
NoYesJan 17, 2026
CVE-2026-0725MEDIUM4.4
  • integrate-dynamics-365-crm
NoYesJan 17, 2026

Free Vulnerability Assessment

Benchmark your Cloud Security Posture

Evaluate your cloud security practices across 9 security domains to benchmark your risk level and identify gaps in your defenses.

Request assessment

Additional Wiz resources

Cloud Vulnerability DB

Cloud Vulnerability DB

A community-led vulnerabilities database

Cloud Threat Landscape

Cloud Threat Landscape

A threat intelligence database

PEACH

PEACH

A tenant isolation framework

Get a personalized demo

Ready to see Wiz in action?

"Best User Experience I have ever seen, provides full visibility to cloud workloads."
David EstlickCISO
"Wiz provides a single pane of glass to see what is going on in our cloud environments."
Adam FletcherChief Security Officer
"We know that if Wiz identifies something as critical, it actually is."
Greg PoniatowskiHead of Threat and Vulnerability Management
Get a demo