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.

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)

EPSS: 0.002 (10.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Fahadmahmood Injection_guard
Unknown Injection Guard — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds

References

contact@wpscan.com (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.