WP-FeedStats tarteaucitron.io Plugin up to 1.9.4 on WordPress Query Parameter cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in WP-FeedStats tarteaucitron.io Plugin up to 1.9.4 on WordPress. It has been classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Query Parameter Handler. The manipulation leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2025-4955. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in WP-FeedStats tarteaucitron.io Plugin up to 1.9.4 on WordPress. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects an unknown code block of the component Query Parameter Handler. 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:

The tarteaucitron.io WordPress plugin before 1.9.5 uses query parameters from YouTube oEmbed URLs without sanitizing these parameters correctly, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-site Scripting attacks.

The weakness was released by Pierre Rudloff. The advisory is shared at wpscan.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-4955 since 05/19/2025. 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.

Upgrading to version 1.9.5 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2025-18664). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: tarteaucitron.io Plugin 1.9.5

Timelineinfo

05/19/2025 🔍
06/18/2025 +30 days 🔍
06/18/2025 +0 days 🔍
07/03/2025 +15 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: wpscan.com
Researcher: Pierre Rudloff
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-4955 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-4955
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-312821
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Entryinfo

Created: 06/18/2025 08:48
Updated: 07/03/2025 08:35
Changes: 06/18/2025 08:48 (58), 06/18/2025 22:22 (1), 07/03/2025 08:35 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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