CVE-2025-47441: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

A Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability has been identified in Chris Reynolds Progress Bar WordPress plugin, tracked as CVE-2025-47441. The vulnerability affects versions through 2.2.3 of the Progress Bar plugin and was discovered by muhammad yudha. The issue was disclosed on May 7, 2025, and allows for Stored XSS attacks when a user has Contributor or higher privileges (Wiz, NVD).

The vulnerability is classified as an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (CWE-79) issue. It has received 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. This indicates that the vulnerability requires network access, low attack complexity, low privileges, and user interaction, with changed scope and low impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability (Patchstack).

The vulnerability could allow a malicious actor with Contributor-level access to inject malicious scripts into the website. These scripts could be used to create redirects, insert unwanted advertisements, and execute other HTML payloads that would affect visitors to the affected site (Patchstack).

The vulnerability has been patched in version 2.2.4 of the Progress Bar plugin. Site administrators are advised to update to version 2.2.4 or later to remove the vulnerability. Patchstack users have the option to enable auto-updates for vulnerable plugins (Patchstack).