CVE-2025-58982: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

A Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability has been identified in Pixeline's Email Protector WordPress plugin, affecting versions through 1.3.8. The vulnerability was discovered by Nabil Irawan and was disclosed on September 9, 2025, with CVE identifier CVE-2025-58982 (Patchstack).

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). The attack vector is Network-based (AV:N), with Low attack complexity (AC:L), requiring High privileges (PR:H) and User interaction (UI:R). The scope is Changed (S:C), with Low impact on Confidentiality (C:L), Integrity (I:L), and Availability (A:L) (NVD).

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 (Patchstack).

The vulnerability has been fixed in version 1.4.0 of the Pixeline's Email Protector plugin. Users are advised to update to version 1.4.0 or later to remove the vulnerability. Patchstack users can enable auto-update for vulnerable plugins (Patchstack).