CVE-2025-26583: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

A Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability has been identified in the videowhisper Video Share VOD WordPress plugin, tracked as CVE-2025-26583. The vulnerability was discovered and published on March 26, 2025, affecting Video Share VOD versions through 2.7.2. This security issue is classified as an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability (NVD Database).

The vulnerability is categorized as CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation) and has received a CVSS v3.1 Base Score of 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. This scoring indicates that the vulnerability is network-accessible, requires low attack complexity, needs no privileges, but does require user interaction. The scope is changed, with low impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability (NVD Database).

The reflected XSS vulnerability can potentially allow attackers to execute malicious scripts in users' browsers when they interact with specially crafted URLs. This could lead to theft of sensitive information, session hijacking, or other client-side attacks. The CVSS scoring indicates low impact levels for confidentiality, integrity, and availability, but the changed scope suggests potential impact beyond the vulnerable component (NVD Database).

Users of the Video Share VOD WordPress plugin should upgrade to a version newer than 2.7.2 if available. Until an update is applied, website administrators should implement additional security controls such as Web Application Firewalls (WAF) to help filter potentially malicious inputs (NVD Database).