blogsafe.org My Downloads

BlogSafe.org

WordPress CVEs

Search and review WordPress-related vulnerability records.

← Back to CVE list

CVE-2025-5234

MEDIUM 5.4 CVSS 3.1
Published
June 19, 2025
Last modified
June 17, 2026
NVD status
Analyzed
Reported by
security@wordfence.com
Weakness
CWE-79
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Description

The Gutenverse News plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘elementId’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.4 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Affected WordPress components

  • Gutenverse News – News Blocks for Blog & Magazine Sites Plugin · gutenverse-news
    Confirmed match Active
    Up to and including 1.0.4
    View on WordPress.org

A confirmed match is backed by the plugin or theme slug. A possible match is based on the product name only and should be verified.

Affected products and versions

  • jegstudio Gutenverse News – Advanced News Magazine Blog Gutenberg Blocks Addons — Up to and including 1.0.4
  • jegstudio gutenverse_news — Before 2.0.0

References

  • plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/gutenverse-news/tags/1.0.4/include/class/block/class-grab.php#L71 Product
  • plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3313123/ Patch
  • plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3313123/gutenverse-news/trunk/include/class/block/class-grab.php Patch
  • wordpress.org https://wordpress.org/plugins/gutenverse-news/#developers Product
  • www.wordfence.com https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e8b1f60a-3a13-4679-af3e-d6f95fd83cea?source=cve Third Party Advisory
  • nvd.nist.gov Official NVD record