Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2025-2483

CVE-2025-2483:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

The Gift Certificate Creator plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the 'receip_address' parameter in versions up to and including 1.1.0. The vulnerability was discovered and disclosed on April 2, 2025, and has been assigned CVE-2025-2483. The issue affects all installations of the Gift Certificate Creator plugin running vulnerable versions (NVD CVE).

Technical details

The vulnerability stems from insufficient input sanitization and output escaping in the plugin's handling of the 'receip_address' parameter. This security flaw has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 6.1 (Medium) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N. The vulnerability is classified as CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (Cross-site Scripting) (NVD CVE, Wordfence).

Impact

The vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts that execute when users perform specific actions, such as clicking on a malicious link. This could lead to the compromise of user sessions, theft of sensitive information, or manipulation of the plugin's functionality (NVD CVE).

Mitigation and workarounds

The plugin has been temporarily closed as of April 1, 2025, pending a full security review. Users are advised to disable and remove the plugin until a patched version becomes available (WordPress Plugin).