Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2025-46518

CVE-2025-46518:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

A Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability was identified in the WordPress plugin IGIT Related Posts With Thumb Image After Posts, affecting versions through 4.5.3. The vulnerability was discovered by researcher johska and was assigned CVE-2025-46518 on April 24, 2025 (CVE MITRE, Patchstack Report).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation, leading to Cross-site Scripting (XSS). It has been assigned a CVSS score of 6.5 (Medium severity), indicating a moderate level of risk. The vulnerability requires Subscriber-level privileges to exploit (Patchstack Report).

Impact

If exploited, this vulnerability could allow malicious actors to inject harmful scripts, including redirects, advertisements, and other HTML payloads into the website. These injected scripts would then be executed when visitors access the affected site (Patchstack Report).

Mitigation and workarounds

As of May 2025, no official fix is available for this vulnerability. However, Patchstack has issued a virtual patch to mitigate the issue by blocking potential attacks until an official fix becomes available. Website administrators are advised to implement the mitigation immediately (Patchstack Report).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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