CVE-2025-31027
NixOS vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

A Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability was identified in the jocoxdesign Tiger WordPress theme, affecting versions up to 2.0. The vulnerability was discovered by researcher Kévin Mosbahi (Mika) and was publicly disclosed on April 2, 2025, receiving the identifier CVE-2025-31027 (Patchstack, Wordfence).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (CWE-79) issue. It received a CVSS v3.1 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, indicating that it is network-accessible, requires low attack complexity, needs no privileges, but does require user interaction (Patchstack).

Impact

This vulnerability could allow malicious actors to inject harmful scripts, including redirects, advertisements, and other HTML payloads into the website. These injected scripts would be executed when visitors access the affected site, potentially compromising user security and website integrity (Patchstack).

Mitigation and workarounds

Currently, no official fix is available for this vulnerability. However, Patchstack has issued a virtual patch to mitigate the issue by blocking potential attacks until an official fix becomes available. Website owners are advised to implement these mitigations immediately (Patchstack).

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