CVE-2025-46263: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

A stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability has been identified in Lloyd Saunders Author Box After Posts plugin through version 1.6. The vulnerability was discovered on April 14, 2025, and publicly disclosed on April 25, 2025. This security issue affects WordPress installations using the Author Box After Posts plugin versions up to and including 1.6 (Patchstack).

The vulnerability is classified as a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) issue, specifically an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability (CWE-79). It has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 6.5 (Medium), with the following vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L. The vulnerability requires low attack complexity but does need user interaction and low-level privileges to exploit (NVD).

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 (Patchstack).

As of the disclosure date, no official fix has been made available for this vulnerability. The issue affects all versions through 1.6 of the Author Box After Posts plugin (Patchstack).