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CVE-2025-47616:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
A stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability was discovered in the WordPress plugin aBlocks, identified as CVE-2025-47616. The vulnerability affects versions up to 1.9.1 of the aBlocks plugin developed by Tushar Imran. The issue was discovered by researcher Prissy and was publicly disclosed on May 7, 2025 (Wiz, Patchstack).
Technical details
The vulnerability is classified as an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (CWE-79). It has been assigned 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 vulnerability requires contributor-level privileges or higher to exploit (NVD, Patchstack).
Impact
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).
Mitigation and workarounds
As of the disclosure date, no official fix is available for this vulnerability (Wiz, Patchstack).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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