CVE-2025-25133
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

A Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability has been identified in WP Frontend Submit WordPress plugin affecting versions through 1.1.0. The vulnerability was discovered on January 21, 2025, and publicly disclosed on February 2, 2025. This security issue is tracked as CVE-2025-25133 and affects the WP Frontend Submit plugin's web page generation functionality (Patchstack).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (CWE-79), which allows for Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks. The CVSS v3.1 base score is 7.1 (HIGH) with the following vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L. The vulnerability can be exploited by unauthenticated attackers (NVD, Patchstack).

Impact

The vulnerability allows malicious actors to inject malicious scripts, including redirects, advertisements, and other HTML payloads into the website. These injected scripts will be executed when visitors access the affected site (Patchstack).

Mitigation and workarounds

Currently, there is no official fix available for this vulnerability. However, Patchstack has issued a virtual patch to mitigate this issue by blocking any attacks until an official fix becomes available. Website administrators are advised to mitigate or resolve the vulnerability immediately (Patchstack).

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