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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2025-3669
CVE-2025-3669:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The Web Directory Free WordPress plugin before version 1.7.2 contains a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability. The vulnerability was discovered on July 30, 2024, and was assigned CVE-2024-3669. The issue affects high privilege users such as administrators and stems from improper sanitization and escaping of parameters before output (WPScan).
Technical details
The vulnerability is caused by insufficient input sanitization where a parameter is not properly sanitized and escaped before being output back in the page. This has been classified as CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation. The vulnerability has received a CVSS v3.1 base score of 6.8 (Medium) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L (WPScan).
Impact
The vulnerability could allow attackers to execute cross-site scripting attacks against high privilege users such as administrators. This could potentially lead to high confidentiality impact and low integrity and availability impacts (WPScan).
Mitigation and workarounds
Users should upgrade to Web Directory Free WordPress plugin version 1.7.2 or later which contains the fix for this vulnerability (WPScan).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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