CVE-2025-4955

Published Jun 18, 2025

Last updated 15 days ago

CVSS medium 4.7

Overview

Description: The tarteaucitron.io WordPress plugin before 1.9.5 uses query parameters from YouTube oEmbed URLs without sanitizing these parameters correctly, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-site Scripting attacks.
Source: contact@wpscan.com
NVD status: Analyzed

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type: Secondary
Base score: 4.7
Impact score: 3.4
Exploitability score: 1.2
Vector string: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Severity: MEDIUM

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: CWE-79

Hype score: Not currently trending

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:amauri:tarteaucitron.io:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "639523B6-E76D-4FAD-A0AA-02D3C2D43882",
            "versionEndExcluding": "1.9.5"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References

Sources include official advisories and independent security research.