Medium severity · published Sep 23, 2025
CVE-2025-58674
WordPress <= 6.8.2 - (Author+) Cross Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability
5.9
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 12% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
WO
WordPress · WordPress
6.8 through 6.8.2; 6.7 through 6.7.3; 6.6 through 6.6.3; 6.5 through 6.5.6; 6.4 through 6.4.6; 6.3 through 6.3.6; +16 more · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-58674
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-58674
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/
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