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CVE-2025-50021:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
A Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability has been identified in the Better Random Redirect WordPress plugin, tracked as CVE-2025-50021. The vulnerability affects versions through 1.3.20 of the plugin and was discovered by Nabil Irawan, with public disclosure occurring on June 19, 2025 (Patchstack, NVD).
Technical details
The vulnerability is classified under CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation) and has received a CVSS v3.1 score of 5.9 (Medium) with the vector string: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L. The issue requires administrator-level access to exploit (Patchstack, Wiz).
Impact
If exploited, the vulnerability allows malicious actors to inject malicious scripts, including redirects, advertisements, and other HTML payloads into the website. These injected scripts will be executed when visitors access the affected site (Wiz).
Mitigation and workarounds
As of the disclosure date, no official fix has been released for this vulnerability. Given the low severity of the issue and the requirement for administrative privileges, the risk is considered minimal (Wiz).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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