Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2025-2806

CVE-2025-2806:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

The tagDiv Composer plugin for WordPress, used by the Newspaper theme, contains a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability (CVE-2025-2806) via the 'data' parameter in versions up to and including 5.3. The vulnerability was discovered and reported on May 8, 2025 (NVD).

Technical details

The vulnerability stems from insufficient input sanitization and output escaping in the plugin's handling of the 'data' parameter. It has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 Base Score of 6.1 (MEDIUM) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N. The vulnerability is classified as CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation) (NVD).

Impact

When successfully exploited, this vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts that execute when users perform specific actions, such as clicking on a malicious link. The impact is considered moderate, affecting both confidentiality and integrity of the system (NVD).

Mitigation and workarounds

Users of the tagDiv Composer plugin should update to a version newer than 5.3 when available. The vulnerability has been addressed in the latest updates as indicated by the changelog (TagDiv Changes).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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