CVE-2025-58960: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

A Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability was discovered in the WordPress IP Based Login plugin, identified as CVE-2025-58960. The vulnerability affects versions through 2.4.3 of the IP Based Login plugin developed by WP Inspired. The issue was initially reported on August 14, 2025, and was publicly disclosed on September 22, 2025 (Patchstack).

The vulnerability is classified as an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (CWE-79), specifically a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability. It 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 (NVD, Patchstack).

The 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. However, due to the requirement of administrator privileges, the overall impact is considered to have a low severity (Patchstack).

The vulnerability has been fixed in version 2.4.4 of the IP Based Login plugin. Users are advised to update to version 2.4.4 or later to remove the vulnerability. Patchstack users have the option to enable auto-update for vulnerable plugins (Patchstack).