CVE-2025-46523 WordPress COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Update Your Customers plugin <= 1.5.1 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability
An attacker can inject malicious scripts into the COVID-19 Update Your Customers WordPress plugin, potentially compromising user sessions or site integrity.
- 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
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-46523?
CVE-2025-46523 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in devignstudiosltd COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Update Your Customers, published on 24 Apr 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 devignstudiosltd COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Update Your Customers covid-19-alert allows Stored XSS.This issue affects COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Update Your Customers: from n/a through <= 1.5.1.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-46523?
How do I fix CVE-2025-46523?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-46523 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-2025-46523 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-46523 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-x524-2425-m54c.