XSS in Wordpress
CVE-2025-58674
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.
Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)
EPSS: 0.002 (10.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L.
Affected products
- Wordpress — versions 6.8, 6.7, 6.6
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- audit@patchstack.com (vdb-entry)
- audit@patchstack.com (release-notes)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2025-58674?
- CVE-2025-58674 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wordpress, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2025-09-23.
- How severe is CVE-2025-58674?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.