BaseFortify

Publication date: 2025-11-11

Last updated on: 2025-11-12

Assigner: Wordfence

Description

The Progress Bar Blocks for Gutenberg plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via SVG File uploads in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses the SVG file.

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Meta Information

Published

2025-11-11

Last Modified

2025-11-12

Generated

2026-07-06

AI Q&A

2025-11-11

EPSS Evaluated

2026-07-05

NVD

CVE-2025-12880

Affected Vendors & Products

Vendor	Product	Version / Range
jobayer534	progressmatify	1.0.2

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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

The vulnerability in the Progress Bar Blocks for Gutenberg WordPress plugin allows authenticated users with Author-level access or higher to upload SVG files containing malicious scripts. Due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping, these scripts are stored and executed when other users access the SVG files, leading to Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS).

Impact Analysis

This vulnerability can allow attackers to execute arbitrary web scripts in the context of the affected website. This can lead to unauthorized actions such as stealing user session data, defacing the website, or performing actions on behalf of other users, potentially compromising the security and integrity of the site.

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