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CVE-2025-6539:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The Voltax Video Player plugin for WordPress has been identified with a Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability (CVE-2025-6539), discovered on July 23, 2025. The vulnerability affects all versions up to and including 1.6.5. This security issue was identified by researcher Gilang and has led to the temporary closure of the plugin pending a full security review (NVD CVE, WordPress Plugin).
Technical details
The vulnerability is classified as a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) issue, stemming from insufficient input sanitization and output escaping of the 'id' parameter. The severity has been assessed with a CVSS v3.1 Base Score of 6.4 (Medium), with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N. The vulnerability is categorized under CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation) (NVD CVE).
Impact
The vulnerability allows authenticated attackers with Contributor-level access or higher to inject arbitrary web scripts into pages. These malicious scripts will execute whenever a user accesses an affected page, potentially compromising user data and website integrity (NVD CVE).
Mitigation and workarounds
As of July 23, 2025, the plugin has been temporarily closed and is not available for download pending a full security review. Users are advised to disable and remove the plugin until a patched version is released (WordPress Plugin).
Additional resources
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