Vulnerability · Published Sep 23, 2025 · Assigned by Patchstack
CVE-2025-58674WordPress <= 6.8.2 - (Author+) Cross Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability
Medium 5.9
In plain English
A medium-severity cross-site scripting in WordPress from WordPress. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 12% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Official description
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in WordPress allows Stored XSS. WordPress core security team is aware of the issue and working on a fix. This is low severity vulnerability that requires an attacker to have Author or higher user privileges to execute the attack vector.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.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | wordpress | 6.1.9+dfsg1-0+deb12u1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2025-58674 |
| Debian:12 | wordpress | 6.1.9+dfsg1-0+deb12u1 | DSA-6075-1 |
| Debian:13 | wordpress | 6.8.3+dfsg1-0+deb13u1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2025-58674 |
| Debian:13 | wordpress | 6.8.3+dfsg1-0+deb13u1 | DSA-6091-1 |
| Debian:14 | wordpress | 6.8.3+dfsg1-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2025-58674 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | wordpress | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-58674 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | wordpress | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-58674 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | wordpress | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-58674 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | wordpress | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-58674 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | wordpress | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-58674 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-79 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L