Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2025-24610

CVE-2025-24610:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

CVE-2025-24610 is a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability discovered in the Restrict Anonymous Access WordPress plugin versions up to 1.2. The vulnerability was disclosed on January 24, 2025, affecting the plugin developed by Christian Leuenberg, L.net Web Solutions. This security issue involves improper neutralization of input during web page generation, specifically allowing for Stored XSS attacks (NVD, Patchstack).

Technical details

The vulnerability 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 issue is classified under CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation). The vulnerability requires contributor-level privileges to exploit and allows for stored cross-site scripting attacks (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, potentially compromising user data and website integrity (Patchstack).

Mitigation and workarounds

The vulnerability has been patched in version 1.2.1 of the Restrict Anonymous Access plugin. Users are advised to update to version 1.2.1 or later to remove the vulnerability. Patchstack users can enable auto-update for vulnerable plugins as an additional security measure (Patchstack).

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Source: This report was generated using AI

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