CVE-2025-47449: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

A Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability has been identified in Jordy Meow Meow Gallery plugin versions through 5.2.7. The vulnerability was discovered on May 7, 2025, and is tracked as CVE-2025-47449. This security issue affects the WordPress plugin Meow Gallery and allows for stored XSS attacks (NVD, Wiz).

The vulnerability is classified as an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (CWE-79). It has received a CVSS v3.1 base score of 5.9 (Medium), with the following vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L. The vulnerability requires high privileges and user interaction to exploit, but can be accessed through the network vector (NVD, Wiz).

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 guests visit the affected site (Patchstack).

The vulnerability has been patched in version 5.2.8 of the Meow Gallery plugin. Users are advised to update to version 5.2.8 or later to remove the vulnerability. Patchstack users have the option to enable auto-update for vulnerable plugins (Patchstack).

The vulnerability was initially reported by security researcher R4mbb on March 27, 2025, and was subsequently published by Patchstack on May 7, 2025 (Patchstack).