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CVE-2025-58256: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

A Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability was identified in the Jonathan Brinley DOAJ Export WordPress plugin, affecting versions through 1.0.4. The vulnerability was discovered by researcher Jieun Kim and was publicly disclosed on September 22, 2025 (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 base score of 5.9 (Medium) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L. The vulnerability requires administrator-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 visitors access the affected site (Patchstack).

Mitigation and workarounds

No official fix is available for this vulnerability. The recommended mitigation is to remove and replace the software with an alternative solution, as the plugin is considered abandoned and unlikely to receive future updates or security fixes (Patchstack).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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