Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2025-24684

CVE-2025-24684:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

A Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability has been identified in Ederson Peka Media Downloader plugin versions through 0.4.7.5. The vulnerability was discovered on January 27, 2025, and was assigned CVE-2025-24684. This security issue affects the WordPress plugin Media Downloader and allows for reflected XSS attacks (Patchstack).

Technical details

The vulnerability has been classified as a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) issue, specifically falling under the OWASP Top 10 category A3: Injection. It has received a CVSS v3.1 score of 7.1 (HIGH) with the following vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L. The vulnerability can be exploited without authentication, making it particularly concerning (Patchstack).

Impact

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, potentially compromising user security and website integrity (Patchstack).

Mitigation and workarounds

Users are advised to update to version 0.4.7.6 or later to resolve the vulnerability. For immediate protection, Patchstack has issued a virtual patch to mitigate this issue by blocking any attacks until users can update to a fixed version (Patchstack).

Additional resources

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