CVE-2025-58229
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

A Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability was discovered in webvitaly Sitekit WordPress plugin, identified as CVE-2025-58229. The vulnerability affects Sitekit versions through 2.0 and was disclosed on September 22, 2025. The vulnerability was initially reported by researcher zaim on July 31, 2025 (Patchstack).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (CWE-79) issue. It received a CVSS v3.1 Base 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 or higher 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

As of September 26, 2025, no official fix is available for this vulnerability. The issue remains unpatched in Sitekit version 2.0 and earlier versions (Patchstack).

Additional resources


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