Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2025-43832

CVE-2025-43832:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

The Remote Images Grabber WordPress plugin through version 0.6 contains a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability. The vulnerability was discovered and disclosed on April 19, 2025, and published by Patchstack on April 30, 2025. This security issue affects all versions of Remote Images Grabber up to and including version 0.6, with no official fix currently available (Patchstack).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) issue, specifically of the reflected type, which allows for improper neutralization of input during web page generation. It has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base 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. The vulnerability is tracked as CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (NVD).

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 visitors access the affected site. The attack requires user interaction but does not require authentication to exploit (Patchstack).

Mitigation and workarounds

While no official fix is currently available, Patchstack has issued a virtual patch to mitigate this issue by blocking potential attacks. Website administrators are advised to implement the virtual patch through Patchstack's security solution until an official fix becomes available (Patchstack).