CVE-2025-22292
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

A Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability has been identified in Felipe Peixoto's Powerful Auto Chat WordPress plugin, tracked as CVE-2025-22292. The vulnerability affects versions through 1.9.8 of the plugin, allowing for Stored XSS attacks. This security issue was discovered and reported by SOPROBRO, with the initial disclosure occurring on January 7, 2025 (Patchstack).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as a Cross-site Scripting (XSS) issue, specifically involving improper neutralization of input during web page generation. It has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 6.5 (Medium), with the following vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L. The vulnerability is categorized under CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation) (NVD).

Impact

The vulnerability could allow malicious actors to inject malicious scripts, including redirects, advertisements, and other HTML payloads into the website. These injected scripts would be executed when guests visit the affected site. The attack requires user interaction and limited privileges to exploit (Patchstack).

Mitigation and workarounds

Currently, no official fix is available for this vulnerability. However, Patchstack has issued a virtual patch to mitigate the issue by blocking potential attacks until an official fix becomes available. Website administrators are advised to implement the virtual patch immediately to protect their sites (Patchstack).

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