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CVE-2025-4955: tarteaucitron.io < 1.9.5 - Contributor+ Stored XSS
- Severity: medium (CVSS 4.7 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: yes
- Published: 2025-06-18 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-79
Description
The tarteaucitron.io WordPress plugin before 1.9.5 uses query parameters from YouTube oEmbed URLs without sanitizing these parameters correctly, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-site Scripting attacks.
Affected products
- tarteaucitron.io: before 1.9.5 — fixed in 1.9.5
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: tarteaucitron.io 1.9.5. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
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