CVE-2025-49075: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

A Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability was discovered in the PickPlugins Wishlist WordPress plugin, identified as CVE-2025-49075. The vulnerability was disclosed on May 30, 2025, affecting versions up to and including 1.0.43. The security issue stems from insufficient input sanitization and output escaping in the plugin (Patchstack, Wiz).

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 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 access or higher to exploit (Patchstack, Rapid7).

The vulnerability allows authenticated attackers with contributor-level access to inject arbitrary web scripts into pages. These malicious scripts will execute whenever a user accesses the compromised page, potentially leading to session hijacking, defacement, or other malicious actions. This could allow a malicious actor to inject malicious scripts, such as redirects, advertisements, and other HTML payloads into the website (Rapid7, Patchstack).

The vulnerability has been fixed in version 1.0.44 of the Wishlist plugin. Users are advised to update to this version or later to remove the vulnerability. Patchstack users can enable auto-update for vulnerable plugins as an additional security measure (Patchstack).