metaphorcreations Metaphor Widgets Plugin up to 2.4 on WordPress cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in metaphorcreations Metaphor Widgets Plugin up to 2.4 on WordPress. The affected element is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2025-23816. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in metaphorcreations Metaphor Widgets Plugin up to 2.4 on WordPress. This issue affects an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. Impacted is integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in metaphorcreations Metaphor Widgets allows Stored XSS. This issue affects Metaphor Widgets: from n/a through 2.4.

The weakness was released by Soprobro. It is possible to read the advisory at patchstack.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-23816 since 01/16/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.9

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VulDB Temp Score: 3.4
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: patchstack.com
Researcher: Soprobro
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2025-23816 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-23816
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-292331

Entryinfo

Created: 01/16/2025 23:34
Updated: 02/10/2025 03:58
Changes: 01/16/2025 23:34 (64), 02/10/2025 03:58 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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