CVE-2025-26574: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

A Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability was discovered in the Google Drive WP Media WordPress plugin, identified as CVE-2025-26574. The vulnerability affects versions through 2.4.4 of the plugin and was disclosed on February 13, 2025. This security issue impacts the plugin's functionality and allows authenticated users with Contributor-level access or higher to perform stored XSS attacks (Patchstack).

The vulnerability is classified as CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation) with a CVSS v3.1 score of 6.5 (Medium). The attack vector is network-based (AV:N), with low attack complexity (AC:L), requiring low privileges (PR:L), and user interaction (UI:R). The scope is changed (S:C) with low impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:L/I:L/A:L) (NVD).

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 guests visit the affected site, potentially compromising the security of both the website and its visitors (Patchstack).

As of the disclosure date, no official fix has been released for this vulnerability. The issue has been assigned a low priority for patching, suggesting that while it presents a security risk, the impact is considered relatively minor (Patchstack).