XSS in Fahadmahmood Injection Guard
CVE-2025-8046
The Injection Guard WordPress plugin before 1.2.8 does not escape the $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] parameter before outputting it back in an attribute, which could lead to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting in old web browsers
Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.002 (11.5th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 11th percentile — 11.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Fahadmahmood Injection Guard
- Injection Guard — versions 0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- wpscan.com/vulnerability/14a53525-8c08-472d-bae4-b3f14368b802/ (Exploit, technical-description, Third Party Advisory, exploit, vdb-entry)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2025-8046?
- CVE-2025-8046 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fahadmahmood Injection Guard, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2025-08-14.
- How severe is CVE-2025-8046?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2025-8046 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.