Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2025-27267

CVE-2025-27267:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

A Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability has been identified in the WordPress Random Quotes plugin, tracked as CVE-2025-27267. The vulnerability affects versions up to and including 1.3 of the srcoley Random Quotes plugin. This security issue was publicly disclosed on March 20, 2025, and was added to the National Vulnerability Database (NVD) on March 26, 2025 (NVD, WPScan).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified 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 vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L. The issue stems from insufficient input sanitization and output escaping in the plugin's code (NVD).

Impact

The vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts into pages that will execute when users interact with malicious content, such as clicking on specially crafted links. This can lead to potential compromise of user data and session information (WPScan).

Mitigation and workarounds

Currently, there is no known fix available for this vulnerability. Users of the Random Quotes plugin should consider either removing the plugin or implementing additional security measures until a patch is released (WPScan).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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