CVE-2025-23444: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

A Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability was discovered in the Nasir Scroll Top Advanced WordPress plugin, identified as CVE-2025-23444. The vulnerability affects versions through 2.5 of the plugin and was disclosed on January 16, 2025. The issue was initially reported by researcher SOPROBRO on October 10, 2024 (Patchstack).

The vulnerability is classified as an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (CWE-79) with a CVSS v3.1 score of 6.5 (Medium). The attack vector is network-based (AV:N) with low attack complexity (AC:L), requiring low privileges (PR:L) and user interaction (UI:R). The scope is changed (S:C) with low impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:L/I:L/A:L) (NVD).

This 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 vulnerability requires subscriber-level privileges or higher to exploit (Patchstack).

While no official fix is currently available, Patchstack has issued a virtual patch to mitigate this issue by blocking potential attacks. Website administrators are advised to implement the virtual patch immediately until an official fix becomes available (Patchstack).