CVE-2025-8722
BaseFortify
Publication date: 2025-09-06
Last updated on: 2025-09-08
Assigner: Wordfence
Description
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Affected Vendors & Products
| Vendor | Product | Version / Range |
|---|---|---|
| wordpress | content_views | 4.2 |
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Exploitability
| CWE ID | Description |
|---|---|
| CWE-79 | The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. |
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Can you explain this vulnerability to me?
This vulnerability is a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) issue in the Content Views plugin for WordPress, affecting all versions up to and including 4.1. It occurs because the plugin does not properly sanitize and escape user-supplied input in its Grid and List widgets. Authenticated users with contributor-level access or higher can inject malicious scripts that will execute whenever any user views the affected page.
How can this vulnerability impact me? :
The vulnerability allows attackers with contributor-level access or higher to inject arbitrary scripts into pages, which will execute in the browsers of users who visit those pages. This can lead to theft of user credentials, session hijacking, defacement, or other malicious actions performed in the context of the affected website.