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CVE-2025-6757: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

The Recent Posts Widget Extended plugin for WordPress contains a Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability (CVE-2025-6757) discovered in all versions up to and including 2.0.2. The vulnerability exists in the plugin's 'rpwe' shortcode due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user-supplied attributes (NVD).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as a Cross-Site Scripting (CWE-79) issue 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 stems from improper neutralization of input during web page generation, specifically in the handling of user-supplied attributes in the plugin's 'rpwe' shortcode (NVD).

Impact

When exploited, this 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 (NVD).

Mitigation and workarounds

The plugin has been temporarily closed as of September 4, 2025, pending a full security review (WordPress Plugin). Users are advised to disable and remove the plugin until a patched version becomes available.

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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