Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2025-26973

CVE-2025-26973:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

A Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability has been identified in WarfarePlugins Social Warfare plugin versions through 4.5.4. The vulnerability was discovered on January 17, 2025, and was assigned CVE-2025-26973. This security issue affects the WordPress plugin Social Warfare and allows for DOM-Based XSS attacks (Patchstack).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as a Cross-site Scripting (XSS) issue, specifically of the DOM-Based variety. It has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 6.5 (Medium severity) with the following vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L. The vulnerability is categorized under CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation) (Patchstack).

Impact

The vulnerability could allow malicious actors to inject malicious scripts, including redirects, advertisements, and other HTML payloads into the website. These injected scripts would be executed when visitors access the affected site. The impact is considered low to medium severity, though specific impacts may vary case by case (Patchstack).

Mitigation and workarounds

As of February 2025, no official fix has been released for this vulnerability. The issue affects versions up to and including 4.5.4 of the Social Warfare plugin (Patchstack).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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