CVE-2025-5084
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

The Post Grid Master plugin for WordPress contains a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in versions up to and including 3.4.13. The vulnerability exists due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping of the 'argsArray['readmoretext']' parameter (NVD).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as a Cross-Site Scripting (CWE-79) issue with a CVSS v3.1 Base Score of 6.1 (MEDIUM). The attack vector is network-based (AV:N), with low attack complexity (AC:L), requires no privileges (PR:N), and needs user interaction (UI:R). The scope is changed (S:C) with low confidentiality and integrity impacts (C:L, I:L) and no availability impact (A:N) (NVD).

Impact

If successfully exploited, this vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts that execute when users perform specific actions, such as clicking on a malicious link. This could lead to theft of sensitive information or manipulation of user sessions (NVD).

Mitigation and workarounds

The plugin has been temporarily closed as of July 23, 2025, pending a full security review. Users are advised to consider alternative solutions until a patched version is released (WordPress Plugin).

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