AIKIDO-2025-10044
johnpbloch/wordpress-core is vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting (XSS)
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Medium Risk
This Affects:
johnpbloch/wordpress-coreTL;DR
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting (XSS) due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping in the footnotes block. An attacker can exploit this by injecting malicious web scripts into the footnotes block. These scripts will execute whenever a user accesses a page containing the injected content, potentially leading to data theft, session hijacking, or other malicious activities.
Who does this affect?
You are affected if you are using a version that falls within the vulnerable range.
Background info
johnpbloch/wordpress-core is vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting (XSS) in versions 6.3.0 - 6.3.1.
How to fix this
Upgrade the johnpbloch/wordpress-core library to a patch version.
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