CVE-2025-58246: wordpress Cross-site Scripting
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2025-58246 is a medium (CVSS 4.3) Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in wordpress. EPSS estimates a 0.27% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 18.3% of scored vulnerabilities. Fixed in 4.7.31.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 3 · Related 1Timeline
- 23-09-2025PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 28-04-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Insertion of Sensitive Information Into Sent Data vulnerability in WordPress allows Retrieve Embedded Sensitive Data. The WordPress Core security team is aware of the issue and is already working on a fix. This is a low-severity vulnerability. Contributor-level privileges required in order to exploit it. This issue affects WordPress: from 6.8 through 6.8.2, from 6.7 through 6.7.3, from 6.6 through 6.6.3, from 6.5 through 6.5.6, from 6.4 through 6.4.6, from 6.3 through 6.3.6, from 6.2 through 6.2.7, from 6.1 through 6.1.8, from 6.0 through 6.0.10, from 5.9 through 5.9.11, from 5.8 through 5.8.11, from 5.7 through 5.7.13, from 5.6 through 5.6.15, from 5.5 through 5.5.16, from 5.4 through 5.4.17, from 5.3 through 5.3.19, from 5.2 through 5.2.22, from 5.1 through 5.1.20, from 5.0 through 5.0.23, from 4.9 through 4.9.27, from 4.8 through 4.8.26, from 4.7 through 4.7.30.
CVSS metrics
7 scores · 7 sources · 1 version- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated4.3MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated4.3MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- OSV · WolfiEcosystem advisory · calculated4.3MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- OSV · ChainguardEcosystem advisory · calculated4.3MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- NVDNIST4.3MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- wordfenceSource4.3MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
EPSS trend
Probability
0.27%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
18%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
+0.01 pp
From 0.27% on 19-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root cause- CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')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.
- CWE-201Insertion of Sensitive Information Into Sent DataThe code transmits data to another actor, but a portion of the data includes sensitive information that should not be accessible to that actor.
Affected systems
Wordpress2 products
- wordpress≥ 4.7, ≤ 4.7.30 (fixed in 4.7.31) | ≥ 4.8, ≤ 4.8.26 (fixed in 4.7.31) | ≥ 4.9, ≤ 4.9.27 (fixed in 4.7.31) | ≥ 5.0, ≤ 5.0.23 (fixed in 4.7.31) | ≥ 5.1, ≤ 5.1.20 (fixed in 4.7.31) | ≥ 5.2, ≤ 5.2.22 (fixed in 4.7.31) | ≥ 5.3, ≤ 5.3.19 (fixed in 4.7.31) | ≥ 5.4, ≤ 5.4.17 (fixed in 4.7.31) | ≥ 5.5, ≤ 5.5.16 (fixed in 4.7.31) | ≥ 5.6, ≤ 5.6.15 (fixed in 4.7.31) | ≥ 5.7, ≤ 5.7.13 (fixed in 4.7.31) | ≥ 5.8, ≤ 5.8.11 (fixed in 4.7.31) | ≥ 5.9, ≤ 5.9.11 (fixed in 4.7.31) | ≥ 6.0, ≤ 6.0.10 (fixed in 4.7.31) | ≥ 6.1, ≤ 6.1.8 (fixed in 4.7.31) | ≥ 6.2, ≤ 6.2.7 (fixed in 4.7.31) | ≥ 6.3, ≤ 6.3.6 (fixed in 4.7.31) | ≥ 6.4, ≤ 6.4.6 (fixed in 4.7.31) | ≥ 6.5, ≤ 6.5.6 (fixed in 4.7.31) | ≥ 6.6, ≤ 6.6.3 (fixed in 4.7.31) | ≥ 6.7, ≤ 6.7.3 (fixed in 4.7.31) | ≥ 6.8, ≤ 6.8.2 (fixed in 4.7.31)
- wordpress≥ 6.8, ≤ 6.8.2 | ≥ 6.7, ≤ 6.7.3 | ≥ 6.6, ≤ 6.6.3 | ≥ 6.5, ≤ 6.5.6 | ≥ 6.4, ≤ 6.4.6 | ≥ 6.3, ≤ 6.3.6 | ≥ 6.2, ≤ 6.2.7 | ≥ 6.1, ≤ 6.1.8 | ≥ 6.0, ≤ 6.0.10 | ≥ 5.9, ≤ 5.9.11 | ≥ 5.8, ≤ 5.8.11 | ≥ 5.7, ≤ 5.7.13 | ≥ 5.6, ≤ 5.6.15 | ≥ 5.5, ≤ 5.5.16 | ≥ 5.4, ≤ 5.4.17 | ≥ 5.3, ≤ 5.3.19 | ≥ 5.2, ≤ 5.2.22 | ≥ 5.1, ≤ 5.1.20 | ≥ 5.0, ≤ 5.0.23 | ≥ 4.9, ≤ 4.9.27 | ≥ 4.8, ≤ 4.8.26 | ≥ 4.7, ≤ 4.7.30
Chainguard1 product
- wordpress-oci-entrypoint< 6.8.3-r0
Debian1 product
- wordpress< 6.1.9+dfsg1-0+deb12u1 | < 6.8.3+dfsg1-0+deb13u1 | < 6.8.3+dfsg1-1
Ubuntu1 product
- wordpressAll versions (No fix recorded)
Wolfi1 product
- wordpress-oci-entrypoint< 6.8.3-r0
5 vendors · 6 products