🔐 CVE Alert

CVE-2025-58674

MEDIUM 5.9

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

CVSS Score
5.9
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

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.

CWE CWE-79
Vendor wordpress
Product wordpress
Ecosystems
Industries
WebMedia
Published Sep 23, 2025
Last Updated Apr 28, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
High
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low

Affected Versions

WordPress / WordPress
6.8 ≤ 6.8.2 6.7 ≤ 6.7.3 6.6 ≤ 6.6.3 6.5 ≤ 6.5.6 6.4 ≤ 6.4.6 6.3 ≤ 6.3.6 6.2 ≤ 6.2.7 6.1 ≤ 6.1.8 6.0 ≤ 6.0.10 5.9 ≤ 5.9.11 5.8 ≤ 5.8.11 5.7 ≤ 5.7.13 5.6 ≤ 5.6.15 5.5 ≤ 5.5.16 5.4 ≤ 5.4.17 5.3 ≤ 5.3.19 5.2 ≤ 5.2.22 5.1 ≤ 5.1.20 5.0 ≤ 5.0.23 4.9 ≤ 4.9.27 4.8 ≤ 4.8.26 4.7 ≤ 4.7.30

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗
patchstack.com: https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/wordpress/wordpress/vulnerability/wordpress-wordpress-wordpress-6-8-2-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve wordpress.org: https://wordpress.org/news/2025/09/wordpress-6-8-3-release/

Credits

savphill (Patchstack Bug Bounty Program) John Blackbourn (WordPress core security team lead)