CVE-2025-23507
Published: 22 January 2025
Description
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Blrt Blrt WP Embed blrt-wp-embed allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects Blrt WP Embed: from n/a through <= 1.6.9.
Security Summary
CVE-2025-23507 is an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability, enabling Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) as classified under CWE-79. It affects the Blrt WP Embed WordPress plugin (blrt-wp-embed), impacting all versions from n/a through 1.6.9 inclusive. The issue was published on 2025-01-22.
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 required privileges, but user interaction such as visiting a malicious link. Remote attackers can exploit it to inject and execute arbitrary scripts in a victim's browser context, achieving low impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability with a changed scope.
Mitigation guidance is available in the Patchstack advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/blrt-wp-embed/vulnerability/wordpress-blrt-wp-embed-plugin-1-6-9-reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve.
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