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CVE-2025-31815: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

A Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability was identified in the WordPress Design Blocks plugin, tracked as CVE-2025-31815. The vulnerability affects Design Blocks versions through 1.2.2 and was discovered by researcher Gab. The issue was publicly disclosed on April 1, 2025 (Patchstack).

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 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 requires Contributor or higher level privileges to exploit (NVD, Patchstack).

Impact

If exploited, this 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 guests visit the affected site (Patchstack).

Exploitability

The vulnerability has been assessed as having a low severity impact and is considered unlikely to be exploited. It requires authenticated access with Contributor or higher privileges to execute the attack (Patchstack).

Mitigation and workarounds

As of April 2025, no official fix is available for this vulnerability. The issue was initially reported on October 31, 2024, and published by Patchstack on April 1, 2025 (Patchstack).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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