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IRM Newsroom CVE-2025-4585

| EUVDEUVD-2025-18241 MEDIUM
Cross-site Scripting (XSS) (CWE-79)
2025-06-13 security@wordfence.com
6.4
CVSS 3.1 · NVD
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NVD PRIMARY
6.4 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
vuln.today AI
6.4 MEDIUM

PR:L due to contributor access; AV:N, AC:L, UI:N, S:C, C:L, I:L, A:N.

3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Primary rating from NVD.

CVSS VectorNVD

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

Lifecycle Timeline

3
Analysis Generated
Jul 26, 2026 - 13:27 vuln.today
EUVD ID Assigned
Mar 14, 2026 - 21:34 euvd
EUVD-2025-18241
CVE Published
Jun 13, 2025 - 03:15 nvd
MEDIUM 6.4

DescriptionCVE.org

The IRM Newsroom plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's 'irmflat' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.17 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. 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.

AnalysisAI

Stored cross-site scripting in IRM Newsroom plugin for WordPress allows authenticated attackers with contributor-level access or higher to inject arbitrary web scripts via the 'irmflat' shortcode. The vulnerability affects all versions up to and including 1.2.17, and no public exploit or active exploitation has been identified at this time.

Technical ContextAI

The vulnerability is a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) issue, classified under CWE-79, arising from insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user-supplied attributes in the 'irmflat' shortcode. The affected component is the IRM Newsroom plugin for WordPress, as identified by the CPE string cpe:2.3:a:irmau:irm_newsroom:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*. The shortcode processes user input without proper validation, allowing attackers to inject malicious scripts that are stored and executed when other users access the compromised page.

RemediationAI

Update the IRM Newsroom plugin to version 1.2.18 or later, as the fix is available in changeset 3312832 (https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3312832). As a workaround, restrict contributor-level access to trusted users only, or disable the 'irmflat' shortcode if not needed. Note that restricting user roles may impact site functionality.

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CVE-2025-4585 vulnerability details – vuln.today

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