CVE-2025-57982
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

A Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability was discovered in WPBean Advance Portfolio Grid WordPress plugin affecting versions through 1.07.6. The vulnerability was identified on September 22, 2025, and assigned CVE-2025-57982. This security issue requires administrator privileges to exploit and received a CVSS v3.1 score of 5.9 (Medium) (Patchstack).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting'). It allows for Stored XSS attacks when an authenticated administrator interacts with the plugin. The CVSS vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L, indicating network accessibility, low attack complexity, high privileges required, and user interaction needed (NVD).

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

As of the vulnerability disclosure, no official fix is available for this security issue. Given its low severity impact, virtual patching has been deemed unnecessary (Patchstack).

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