Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2025-53995

CVE-2025-53995:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

A Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability was discovered in Crocoblock JetPopup plugin versions through 2.0.15.1. The vulnerability was reported on July 4, 2025, and publicly disclosed on July 16, 2025. This security issue affects WordPress installations using the vulnerable versions of the JetPopup plugin (Patchstack).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (CWE-79) issue. It has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 Base Score of 6.5 (Medium) with the following vector: 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 to exploit (Patchstack).

Impact

This vulnerability could allow a malicious actor 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 patched in version 2.0.16 of the JetPopup plugin. Users are advised to update to version 2.0.16 or later to remove the vulnerability. Patchstack users can enable auto-update functionality for vulnerable plugins (Patchstack).