Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2025-25085

CVE-2025-25085:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

A Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability has been identified in mattmcbrien's WP SimpleWeather WordPress plugin, affecting versions through 0.2.5. The vulnerability was discovered by researcher yudha and was disclosed on February 3, 2025, receiving the identifier CVE-2025-25085. This security issue allows for Stored XSS attacks and requires contributor-level privileges to exploit ([Patchstack](https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/wp-simpleweather/vulnerability/wordpress-wp-simpleweather-plugin-0-2-5-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?s_id=cve)).

Technical details

The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 6.5 (Medium), with the following vector string: 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) and requires contributor-level privileges to exploit (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 (Patchstack).

Mitigation and workarounds

Currently, there is no official fix available for this vulnerability. The security issue has been assessed as having a low severity impact and is considered unlikely to be exploited (Patchstack).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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