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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2025-9860
CVE-2025-9860:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The Mixtape plugin for WordPress (versions up to and including 1.1) has been identified with a Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-9860. The vulnerability was discovered and reported by Wordfence on September 10, 2025. The issue specifically affects the plugin's 'mixtape' shortcode functionality (NVD CVE).
Technical details
The vulnerability is classified as a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (CWE-79) issue, stemming from insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user-supplied attributes in the 'mixtape' shortcode. The vulnerability 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
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, potentially leading to unauthorized data access or manipulation (NVD CVE).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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