CVE-2025-49433
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

A Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability has been identified in ThanhD Supermalink plugin versions through 1.1. The vulnerability was discovered by Chu The Anh (Blue Rock) and was assigned CVE-2025-49433. This DOM-Based XSS vulnerability affects authenticated users with Contributor or higher privileges. The vulnerability was publicly disclosed on July 28, 2025, and received a CVSS v3.1 base score of 6.5 (Medium) (AttackerKB, Patchstack).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (CWE-79). It has a CVSS v3.1 Base Score of 6.5 with the following vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L. The attack vector is Network-based, with low attack complexity, requiring low privileges and user interaction. The scope is changed, with low impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability (AttackerKB).

Impact

If successfully exploited, this vulnerability could allow an authenticated attacker to inject malicious scripts, including redirects, advertisements, and other HTML payloads into the website. These injected scripts would be executed when visitors access the affected site (Patchstack).

Mitigation and workarounds

As of August 2025, no official fix has been released for this vulnerability. The security issue has been assessed as having a low severity impact and is considered unlikely to be exploited (Patchstack).

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