# CVE-2025-24731: WordPress IP2Location Country Blocker plugin <= 2.38.3 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

> Stored XSS in IP2Location Country Blocker allows attackers to inject scripts, potentially leading to session hijacking or malicious actions.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.9 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 24 Jan 2025
- **Updated:** 28 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-pf3h-gh3r-gj26

## What is CVE-2025-24731?

CVE-2025-24731 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Download IP2Location Country Blocker, published on 24 Jan 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in IP2Location Download IP2Location Country Blocker ip2location-country-blocker allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Download IP2Location Country Blocker: from n/a through <= 2.38.3.

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-24731?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ip2location Country Blocker.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-24731?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-24731 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-24731 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-24731 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Download IP2Location Country Blocker

- [CVE-2025-1361](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-1361/): Missing authorization in IP2Location Country Blocker (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2021-25095](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-25095/): IP2Location Country Blocker < 2.26.5 - Subscriber+ Arbitrary Country Ban (high 7.1)
- [CVE-2021-25108](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-25108/): IP2Location Country Blocker < 2.26.6 - Arbitrary Country Ban via CSRF (high 7.1)
- [CVE-2021-25096](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-25096/): IP2Location Country Blocker < 2.26.5 - Ban Bypass (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2023-37865](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-37865/): WordPress IP2Location Country Blocker plugin <= 2.29.1 - IP Bypass Vulnerability vulnerability (medium 5.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-24731 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-24731 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Download IP2Location Country Blocker, published on 24 Jan 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-24731 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Download IP2Location Country Blocker. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-24731/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-24731/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-24731
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-24731
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-24731

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-24731/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.