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CVE-2025-53984:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
A Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability was discovered in Crocoblock JetTabs WordPress plugin, identified as CVE-2025-53984. The vulnerability affects versions through 2.2.9 of the JetTabs plugin and was disclosed on July 16, 2025. The issue involves improper neutralization of input during web page generation, allowing for stored XSS attacks (Patchstack).
Technical details
The vulnerability is classified as CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation). It 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 privileges or higher to exploit (NVD, Patchstack).
Impact
The vulnerability could allow malicious actors to inject malicious scripts, including redirects, advertisements, and other HTML payloads into the website. These injected scripts would be executed when guests visit the affected site (Patchstack).
Mitigation and workarounds
The vulnerability has been fixed in version 2.2.9.1 of the JetTabs plugin. Users are advised to update to version 2.2.9.1 or later to remove the vulnerability. Patchstack users can enable auto-update for vulnerable plugins as an additional security measure (Patchstack).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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