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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2025-62963
CVE-2025-62963:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
A Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability was discovered in the Estatik WordPress plugin, identified as CVE-2025-62963. The vulnerability affects versions through 4.1.13 of the Estatik plugin and was discovered by security researcher Peter Thaleikis. The issue was publicly disclosed on October 16, 2025 (Wordfence).
Technical details
The vulnerability is classified as an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation, specifically a DOM-Based Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability (CWE-79). The CVSS v3.1 base score is 6.5 (Medium) with the following vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L, indicating that the vulnerability requires low attack complexity but also requires user interaction and low privileges to exploit (NVD).
Impact
The vulnerability allows authenticated users with Contributor or higher privileges to perform stored cross-site scripting attacks. This could potentially lead to unauthorized access to sensitive information, manipulation of web content, and compromise of user sessions (Wordfence).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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