CVE-2025-39444: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

A Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability was discovered in the WordPress MaxButtons plugin, identified as CVE-2025-39444. The vulnerability affects MaxButtons versions through 9.8.3 and was disclosed on April 17, 2025. The issue was discovered by Ayato Shitomi from Fore-Z co.ltd and allows authenticated users with administrator privileges to perform stored XSS attacks (Patchstack).

The vulnerability is classified as an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (CWE-79). It received a CVSS v3.1 score of 5.9 (Medium) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L. This indicates that the vulnerability requires network access, low attack complexity, high privileges, and user interaction, with potential impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability all rated as low (Patchstack).

The 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).

The vulnerability has been patched in version 9.8.4 of the MaxButtons plugin. Users are advised to update to version 9.8.4 or later to remove the vulnerability. Patchstack users have the option to enable auto-updates for vulnerable plugins (Patchstack).