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CVE-2025-5950: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

The IndieBlocks plugin for WordPress contains a Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability (CVE-2025-5950) discovered in all versions up to and including 0.13.2. The vulnerability was disclosed on June 12, 2025, and was identified by Wordfence. The vulnerability affects the plugin's 'kind' parameter due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping (NVD, Wiz).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (CWE-79) issue with a CVSS v3.1 Base Score of 6.4 (Medium) and vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N. The vulnerability exists in the plugin's handling of the 'kind' parameter, where insufficient input sanitization and output escaping allows for the injection of malicious scripts (Wordfence).

Impact

The vulnerability allows authenticated attackers with Contributor-level access or higher to inject arbitrary web scripts into pages. These injected scripts will execute whenever a user accesses the affected page, potentially compromising the security of site visitors (NVD).

Mitigation and workarounds

The plugin has been temporarily closed as of June 11, 2025, pending a full security review. Users are advised to disable the plugin until a patched version is available (WordPress).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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