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CVE-2025-4685:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The Gutentor – Gutenberg Blocks – Page Builder for Gutenberg Editor WordPress plugin contains a Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability in versions up to and including 3.4.8. The vulnerability was discovered and disclosed on July 21, 2025, and is tracked as CVE-2025-4685 (NVD).
Technical details
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping in the HTML data attributes of multiple widgets. The issue has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 6.4 (Medium) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N. The vulnerability is classified as CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') (NVD).
Impact
This vulnerability allows authenticated attackers with Contributor-level access or higher to inject arbitrary web scripts into pages. These malicious scripts will execute whenever a user accesses an affected page, potentially leading to unauthorized actions and data theft (NVD).
Mitigation and workarounds
A fix has been released in version 3.4.9 of the Gutentor plugin. Users are advised to update to this version immediately to address the vulnerability (WordPress Plugin).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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