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CVE-2025-9857: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

The vulnerability CVE-2025-9857 affects the Heateor Login – Social Login WordPress Plugin versions 1.1.9 and below. This security issue was discovered by researcher Gilang and was publicly disclosed on September 9, 2025 (Wordfence Intel).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as an Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) issue with a CVSS score of 6.4 (Medium) (Wordfence Intel). The vulnerability was exposed through the plugin's shortcode functionality, which failed to properly sanitize user input.

Impact

As a Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability, this security issue could allow authenticated users with Contributor level access or higher to inject malicious scripts that would be stored in the database and executed when other users view the affected pages (Wordfence Intel).

Mitigation and workarounds

The vulnerability has been patched in version 1.1.10 of the Heateor Login plugin, released on September 6, 2025. The update includes security fixes for the Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability and improvements to the Facebook API and SDK integration (WordPress Plugin). Users are strongly advised to update to this latest version.

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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