CVE-2025-22344

CVE-2025-22344 is an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability, classified as Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) under CWE-79, in the Media Category Library WordPress plugin by timmcdaniels (media-category-library). This issue affects all versions from n/a through 2.7 inclusive, as published on 2025-01-13.

The vulnerability carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.1 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L), indicating network accessibility, low attack complexity, no privileges required, and user interaction needed, with changed scope and low impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Remote attackers can exploit it by tricking authenticated or unauthenticated users into interacting with malicious input, such as a crafted link or payload reflected in the web page, potentially leading to script execution in the victim's browser context.

The Patchstack advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/media-category-library/vulnerability/wordpress-media-category-library-plugin-2-7-reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve details the reflected XSS in version 2.7 of the WordPress Media Category Library plugin, providing vulnerability assessment for mitigation guidance. Security practitioners should review the advisory for specific patching instructions or workarounds.