What is CVE-2025-4955?

CVE-2025-4955 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Amauri Tarteaucitron.io, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.7/10. Published 2025-06-18.

How severe is CVE-2025-4955?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.7 out of 10.

XSS in Amauri Tarteaucitron.io

CVE-2025-4955

The tarteaucitron.io WordPress plugin before 1.9.5 uses query parameters from YouTube oEmbed URLs without sanitizing these parameters correctly, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-site Scripting attacks.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.003 (24.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L.

Affected products

Amauri Tarteaucitron.io
Unknown Tarteaucitron.io — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

contact@wpscan.com (Exploit, technical-description, Third Party Advisory, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-4955?: CVE-2025-4955 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Amauri Tarteaucitron.io, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.7/10. Published 2025-06-18.
How severe is CVE-2025-4955?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.7 out of 10.