PT-2025-39206

CVE-2025-58674

Published

2025-09-22

Updated

2026-10-19

Description by

CVSS 2.0

6.5

Medium

MetricsAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions WordPress versions through 6.8.2

Description A flaw exists in Automattic WordPress that allows for Stored Cross-site Scripting (XSS). An attacker with Author or higher user privileges can exploit this issue. The vulnerability stems from improper neutralization of input during web page generation.

Recommendations Update WordPress to a version later than 6.8.2.

Exploitability

Exploit

Fix

Impacts

Researchers

John Blackbourn

Savphill

Vendors

Affected products

Weakness enumeration

CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (\'Cross-site Scripting\')