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CVE-2025-8046: Injection Guard < 1.2.8 - Reflected XSS via $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2025-08-14 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The Injection Guard WordPress plugin before 1.2.8 does not escape the $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] parameter before outputting it back in an attribute, which could lead to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting in old web browsers

Affected products

• Injection Guard: before 1.2.8 — fixed in 1.2.8

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Injection Guard 1.2.8. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/14a53525-8c08-472d-bae4-b3f14368b802/
• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/14a53525-8c08-472d-bae4-b3f14368b802/

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