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CVE-2025-8062:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The WS Theme Addons plugin for WordPress contains a Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability (CVE-2025-8062) discovered on August 23, 2025. This vulnerability affects all versions up to and including 2.0.0, specifically in the plugin's ws_weather shortcode functionality. The issue stems from insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user-supplied attributes (NVD).
Technical details
The vulnerability has been assigned 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 technical root cause is classified as CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation). The vulnerability exists in the ws_weather shortcode implementation where user input is not properly sanitized before being output to web pages (NVD, WordPress Plugin).
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 any user accesses the compromised page (NVD).
Mitigation and workarounds
The plugin has been temporarily closed as of August 21, 2025, pending a full security review. Users are advised to disable the plugin until a patched version is released (WordPress Plugin).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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