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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2025-4579
CVE-2025-4579:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The WP Content Security Plugin for WordPress (versions up to 2.3) contains a Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability identified as CVE-2025-4579. The vulnerability was discovered by researcher Nguyễn Trung Kiên and publicly disclosed on May 14, 2025. The security flaw exists in the plugin's handling of the blocked-uri and effective-directive parameters due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping (NVD).
Technical details
The vulnerability is classified as CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation) and has received a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.2 (High). The attack vector is characterized as Network-based (AV:N) with Low attack complexity (AC:L), requiring No privileges (PR:N) and No user interaction (UI:N). The scope is Changed (S:C) with Low confidentiality (C:L) and integrity (I:L) impacts, and No availability impact (A:N) (NVD, Wordfence).
Impact
The vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts into pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This can lead to potential theft of sensitive information, session hijacking, or other malicious actions performed in the context of the affected user's browser (NVD).
Additional resources
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