CVE-2025-47442: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

CVE-2025-47442 is a Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability discovered in CC BMI Calculator WordPress plugin versions through 2.1.0. The vulnerability was disclosed on May 7, 2025, and is classified as CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation). The vulnerability affects the CC BMI Calculator WordPress plugin up to version 2.1.0 (NVD, Patchstack).

The vulnerability has received a CVSS v3.1 Base Score of 6.5 (MEDIUM) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L. The exploitation requires contributor-level privileges, indicating a moderate level of access is needed to exploit the vulnerability (Wiz, NVD).

When exploited, this vulnerability could allow a malicious actor to inject malicious scripts, including redirects, advertisements, and other HTML payloads into the website. These injected scripts would be executed when guests visit the affected site (Patchstack).

The vulnerability has been fixed in version 2.1.1 of the CC BMI Calculator plugin. Users are advised to update to version 2.1.1 or later to remove the vulnerability. Patchstack users can enable auto-update for vulnerable plugins (Wiz, Patchstack).