CVE-2025-4224 wpForo + wpForo Advanced Attachments <= 3.1.3 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Authenticated attackers can inject arbitrary web scripts via media upload names, leading to stored XSS execution for other users.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-4224?
CVE-2025-4224 is a high-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in gVectors wpForo + wpForo Advanced Attachments, published on 3 Jun 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The wpForo + wpForo Advanced Attachments plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via media upload names in all versions up to, and including, 3.1.3 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Custom-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-4224?
How do I fix CVE-2025-4224?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-4224 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.
Is CVE-2025-4224 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-4224 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-54fr-xq3m-cp2f.