Description
The Injection Guard WordPress plugin before 1.2.8 does not escape the $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] parameter before outputting it back in an attribute, which could lead to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting in old web browsers
Published: 2025-08-14
Score: 6.1 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2025-24666 The Injection Guard WordPress plugin before 1.2.8 does not escape the $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] parameter before outputting it back in an attribute, which could lead to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting in old web browsers
History

Fri, 16 Jan 2026 20:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Fahadmahmood
Fahadmahmood injection Guard
Weaknesses CWE-79
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:fahadmahmood:injection_guard:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
Vendors & Products Fahadmahmood
Fahadmahmood injection Guard

Thu, 14 Aug 2025 15:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Thu, 14 Aug 2025 13:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress
Vendors & Products Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress

Thu, 14 Aug 2025 06:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description The Injection Guard WordPress plugin before 1.2.8 does not escape the $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] parameter before outputting it back in an attribute, which could lead to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting in old web browsers
Title Injection Guard < 1.2.8 - Reflected XSS via $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published:

Updated: 2025-08-14T14:49:50.570Z

Reserved: 2025-07-22T12:17:51.484Z

Link: CVE-2025-8046

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-08-14T13:38:46.288Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2025-08-14T06:15:28.797

Modified: 2026-01-16T20:00:00.480

Link: CVE-2025-8046

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2025-08-14T12:50:51Z

Weaknesses