Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Automattic WordPress allows Stored XSS. WordPress core security team is aware of the issue and working on a fix. This is low severity vulnerability that requires an attacker to have Author or higher user privileges to execute the attack vector. This issue affects WordPress: from n/a through 6.8.2.
History

Thu, 25 Sep 2025 08:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Automattic
Automattic wordpress
Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress
Vendors & Products Automattic
Automattic wordpress
Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress

Tue, 23 Sep 2025 20:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Tue, 23 Sep 2025 19:00:00 +0000

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Description Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Automattic WordPress allows Stored XSS. WordPress core security team is aware of the issue and working on a fix. This is low severity vulnerability that requires an attacker to have Author or higher user privileges to execute the attack vector. This issue affects WordPress: from n/a through 6.8.2.
Title WordPress core <= 6.8.2 - (Author+) Cross Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability
Weaknesses CWE-79
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Patchstack

Published: 2025-09-23T18:47:02.628Z

Updated: 2025-09-23T19:17:35.099Z

Reserved: 2025-09-03T09:03:46.831Z

Link: CVE-2025-58674

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-09-23T19:15:12.007Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-09-23T19:15:41.603

Modified: 2025-09-24T18:11:24.520

Link: CVE-2025-58674

cve-icon Redhat

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