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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2025-6690
CVE-2025-6690:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The WP Tournament Registration plugin for WordPress contains a Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability (CVE-2025-6690) discovered on August 5, 2025. The vulnerability affects all versions up to and including 1.3.0. The plugin has been temporarily closed since August 1, 2025, pending a full security review (NVD CVE, WordPress Plugin).
Technical details
The vulnerability is classified as a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) issue, identified as CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation). The vulnerability exists due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping of the 'field' parameter. It has received 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 (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 the compromised page, potentially leading to unauthorized data access or manipulation of user interactions (NVD CVE).
Mitigation and workarounds
As of August 1, 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 becomes available (WordPress Plugin).
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