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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2025-26739
CVE-2025-26739:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
A Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability has been identified in the WordPress newseqo theme versions through 2.1.1. The vulnerability was discovered by Michael and was publicly disclosed on March 24, 2025 (Patchstack).
Technical details
The vulnerability is classified as a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) issue, specifically of the stored variety, affecting the themefunction in newseqo. It has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 score of 6.5 (Medium) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L. The vulnerability is tracked as CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation) (NVD).
Impact
The vulnerability could allow a malicious actor 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
Currently, no official fix is available for this vulnerability. The security issue has been assessed as having a low severity impact and is considered unlikely to be exploited (Patchstack).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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