CVE-2025-57993
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

CVE-2025-57993 is a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability discovered in Benjamin Pick Geolocation IP Detection WordPress plugin. The vulnerability was disclosed on September 22, 2025, affecting versions through 5.5.0. This stored XSS vulnerability stems from improper neutralization of input during web page generation (Patchstack).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation) and has received a CVSS v3.1 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 to exploit (Patchstack).

Impact

If exploited, 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

As of the disclosure date, no official fix has been made available for this vulnerability. The issue affects versions up to and including 5.5.0 of the Geolocation IP Detection plugin (Patchstack).

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