VDB-311513 · CVE-2025-49443 · EUVD-2025-17148

Chris McCoy Bacon Ipsum Plugin up to 2.4 on WordPress cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Chris McCoy Bacon Ipsum Plugin up to 2.4 on WordPress. This issue affects some unknown processing. The manipulation leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2025-49443. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Chris McCoy Bacon Ipsum Plugin up to 2.4 on WordPress and classified as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing. 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 Chris McCoy Bacon Ipsum allows Stored XSS. This issue affects Bacon Ipsum: from n/a through 2.4.

The weakness was presented by Chu The Anh. The advisory is shared at patchstack.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-49443 since 06/04/2025. 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. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.

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

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2025-17148). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Type

WordPress Plugin

Vendor

Chris McCoy

Name

Bacon Ipsum Plugin

Version

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.9

VulDB Base Score: 3.5
VulDB Temp Score: 3.4
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CNA Base Score: 6.5
CNA Vector (Patchstack): 🔍

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

06/04/2025 🔍
06/06/2025 +2 days 🔍
06/06/2025 +0 days 🔍
06/06/2025 +0 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: patchstack.com
Researcher: Chu The Anh
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2025-49443 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-49443
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-311513
EUVD: 🔍

Entryinfo

Created: 06/06/2025 15:41
Updated: 06/06/2025 16:46
Changes: 06/06/2025 15:41 (64), 06/06/2025 16:46 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.