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Publication date: 2025-11-18

Last updated on: 2026-04-08

Assigner: Wordfence

Description

The WP Twitter Auto Publish plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via PostMessage in all versions up to, and including, 1.7.4 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

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Meta Information

Published

2025-11-18

Last Modified

2026-04-08

Generated

2026-07-06

AI Q&A

2025-11-18

EPSS Evaluated

2026-07-05

NVD

CVE-2025-12079

EUVD

EUVD-2025-197966

Affected Vendors & Products

Vendor	Product	Version / Range
wordpress	wp_twitter_auto_publish	1.7.3

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Exploitability

CWE

KEV

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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Executive Summary

This vulnerability is a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) issue in the WP Twitter Auto Publish plugin for WordPress, affecting all versions up to and including 1.7.3. It occurs because the plugin does not properly sanitize input or escape output, allowing unauthenticated attackers to inject malicious scripts. These scripts can execute in a user's browser if the attacker tricks the user into performing an action like clicking a specially crafted link.

Impact Analysis

The vulnerability can allow attackers to execute arbitrary scripts in the context of a user's browser, potentially leading to theft of user data, session hijacking, or other malicious actions. Since it requires user interaction, the attacker must trick a user into clicking a malicious link. This can compromise user accounts and the security of the affected WordPress site.

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