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CVE-2025-32166:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
A Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability was discovered in John Housholder's Emma for WordPress plugin affecting versions through 1.3.3. The vulnerability was reported by Trương Hữu Phúc on February 21, 2025, and was officially published on April 4, 2025, with the identifier CVE-2025-32166 (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 Base 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 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).
Mitigation and workarounds
As of the disclosure date, no official fix is available for this vulnerability. The issue affects Emma for WordPress plugin versions up to and including 1.3.3 (Patchstack).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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