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CVE-2025-53996:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
A Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability was discovered in Crocoblock JetSearch plugin versions through 3.5.10.1. The vulnerability was identified on July 4, 2025, and publicly disclosed on July 16, 2025. This security issue affects WordPress installations using the JetSearch plugin and requires Contributor or higher privileges to exploit (Patchstack).
Technical details
The vulnerability is classified as CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting'). It received a CVSS v3.1 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. This indicates that the vulnerability requires network access, low attack complexity, low privileges, and user interaction to exploit (Patchstack).
Impact
If exploited, this 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 3.5.11 of the JetSearch plugin. Users are advised to update to version 3.5.11 or later to remove the vulnerability. Patchstack users have the option to enable auto-update for vulnerable plugins (Patchstack).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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