CVE-2025-50017: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

A Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability has been identified in Matt WP Voting Contest plugin through version 5.8. The vulnerability was discovered on May 18, 2025, and publicly disclosed on June 19, 2025. This security issue affects WordPress installations running the WP Voting Contest plugin versions up to and including 5.8 (Wiz, Patchstack).

The vulnerability is classified as a Stored Cross-site Scripting (XSS) issue, categorized under CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation). The vulnerability 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 issue requires editor-level privileges to exploit (Patchstack).

The vulnerability could allow a malicious actor with editor privileges 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).

As of the latest reports, no official fix is available for this vulnerability. Given the low severity impact and exploitation likelihood, virtual patching is deemed unnecessary (Patchstack).