CVE-2025-58674

WordPress <= 6.8.2 - (Author+) Cross Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability

State
Published
Severity
5.9 Medium
Published
Sep 23, 2025
Updated
Apr 28, 2026
Reserved
Sep 3, 2025

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Description

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in 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 6.8 through 6.8.2, from 6.7 through 6.7.3, from 6.6 through 6.6.3, from 6.5 through 6.5.6, from 6.4 through 6.4.6, from 6.3 through 6.3.6, from 6.2 through 6.2.7, from 6.1 through 6.1.8, from 6.0 through 6.0.10, from 5.9 through 5.9.11, from 5.8 through 5.8.11, from 5.7 through 5.7.13, from 5.6 through 5.6.15, from 5.5 through 5.5.16, from 5.4 through 5.4.17, from 5.3 through 5.3.19, from 5.2 through 5.2.22, from 5.1 through 5.1.20, from 5.0 through 5.0.23, from 4.9 through 4.9.27, from 4.8 through 4.8.26, from 4.7 through 4.7.30.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.15.9 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:LPatchstack

Weaknesses

  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Affected Products

ProductVersions
WordPressWordPress
  • 6.8 through 6.8.2Affectedfrom 6.8.3Not affected
  • 6.7 through 6.7.3Affectedfrom 6.7.4Not affected
  • 6.6 through 6.6.3Affectedfrom 6.6.4Not affected
  • 6.5 through 6.5.6Affectedfrom 6.5.7Not affected
  • 6.4 through 6.4.6Affectedfrom 6.4.7Not affected
  • 6.3 through 6.3.6Affectedfrom 6.3.7Not affected
  • 6.2 through 6.2.7Affectedfrom 6.2.8Not affected
  • 6.1 through 6.1.8Affectedfrom 6.1.9Not affected
  • 6.0 through 6.0.10Affectedfrom 6.0.11Not affected
  • 5.9 through 5.9.11Affectedfrom 5.9.12Not affected
  • 5.8 through 5.8.11Affectedfrom 5.8.12Not affected
  • 5.7 through 5.7.13Affectedfrom 5.7.14Not affected
  • 5.6 through 5.6.15Affectedfrom 5.6.16Not affected
  • 5.5 through 5.5.16Affectedfrom 5.5.17Not affected
  • 5.4 through 5.4.17Affectedfrom 5.4.18Not affected
  • 5.3 through 5.3.19Affectedfrom 5.3.20Not affected
  • 5.2 through 5.2.22Affectedfrom 5.2.23Not affected
  • 5.1 through 5.1.20Affectedfrom 5.1.21Not affected
  • 5.0 through 5.0.23Affectedfrom 5.0.24Not affected
  • 4.9 through 4.9.27Affectedfrom 4.9.28Not affected
  • 4.8 through 4.8.26Affectedfrom 4.8.27Not affected
  • 4.7 through 4.7.30Affectedfrom 4.7.31Not affected

References

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