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TI-2025-36342 Aliases CVE-2025-58674GHSA-73p8-vhmr-7r6r

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

Priority LOW 26CWE-79Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
High
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Cross-site scripting
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Low · Low · Low
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00216 12th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
WordPressWordPress6.8 – 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—No fix listedCNA
  • WordPress VendorWordPress Affected 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 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-58674
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-73p8-vhmr-7r6r

References

Other 2

  • TI-2026-45010 WordPress < 7.0.2 - REST API batch-route confusion and SQL injection issue leading to Remote Code Execution KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2020-15454 The File Manager (wp-file-manager) plugin before 6.9 for WordPress allows remote… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
  • TI-2016-08118 The mailSend function in the isMail transport in PHPMailer before 5.2.18 might allow… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2026-83466 Predictable staging paths let attackers run code in WordPress Core KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
  • TI-2026-59973 An unauthenticated attacker can make `get_page_template()` page-template resolution… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
  • TI-2020-09427 The Snap Creek Duplicator plugin before 1.3.28 for WordPress (and Duplicator Pro before… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
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Sources

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