PT-2025-24402 · WordPress · The Newsletter

Dmitry Ignatyev · Published 2025-06-09 · Updated 2025-06-09 · CVE-2025-3581

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

4.8

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions The Newsletter WordPress plugin versions prior to 8.8.5

Description The issue concerns a lack of validation and escaping of certain Widget options in the plugin, which can lead to Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks. This can be exploited by high-privilege users, such as admins, even when the unfiltered html capability is disallowed, for example, in multisite setups.

Recommendations For versions prior to 8.8.5, update to version 8.8.5 or later to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2025-3581

Affected Products

The Newsletter

References · 6

• 🔥 https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/2d96f018-510d-40ab-9e73-76fa44784813 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-3581 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-3581 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cvetracker/25748 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/125041 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1931967871837688058 · Twitter Post