CVE-2025-54054
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

CVE-2025-54054 is a Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability discovered in AA Web Servant 12 Step Meeting List plugin versions through 3.18.3. The vulnerability was disclosed on August 14, 2025, and allows for Stored XSS attacks (NVD, Patchstack).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (CWE-79) with a CVSS v3.1 base score of 6.5 (Medium). The attack vector is Network-based (AV:N), requires Low attack complexity (AC:L), Low privileges (PR:L), and User interaction (UI:R). The scope is Changed (S:C) with Low impact on Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability (C:L/I:L/A:L) (NVD).

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, potentially compromising sensitive user data (Patchstack).

Mitigation and workarounds

The vulnerability has been fixed in version 3.18.4 of the 12 Step Meeting List plugin. Users are advised to update to version 3.18.4 or later to remove the vulnerability. Patchstack users can enable auto-update for vulnerable plugins (Patchstack).

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