Description
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in kevinweber wBounce wbounce allows Stored XSS.This issue affects wBounce: from n/a through <= 1.8.1.
Published: 2025-03-28
Score: 6.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
AI Analysis

Impact

The WordPress wBounce plugin for kevinweber contains an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability that allows attackers to store malicious JavaScript. When a victim views an affected page, the injected code runs in the victim’s browser, potentially enabling session hijacking, defacement, or theft of sensitive data. This weakness is a classic stored XSS (CWE‑79).

Affected Systems

All installations of the wBounce plugin by kevinweber with version 1.8.1 or older are affected. The CVE data does not reference any fix beyond version 1.8.1, so versions newer than 1.8.1 have not been proven to be free of this flaw.

Risk and Exploitability

The vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 6.5, indicating medium severity. The EPSS score is below 1 %, suggesting a low likelihood of known exploitation, and the issue is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog. An attacker would need to submit malicious input through the plugin’s interface; the script is then stored and rendered to all future visitors on the affected page.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on May 1, 2026 at 12:27 UTC.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

OpenCVE Recommended Actions

  • If a newer release of wBounce is available, upgrade to that version
  • If no update is available, remove the plugin or disable all input‑accepting features until a patch is released
  • Apply a Content Security Policy that blocks inline scripts or limits script sources to trusted origins
  • Add server‑side output encoding to any user‑generated content rendered by the plugin
  • Monitor web traffic for repeated page loads containing injected script patterns

Generated by OpenCVE AI on May 1, 2026 at 12:27 UTC.

Tracking

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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2025-8587 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in kevinweber wBounce allows Stored XSS. This issue affects wBounce: from n/a through 1.8.1.
History

Thu, 23 Apr 2026 15:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L'}


Wed, 01 Apr 2026 23:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in kevinweber wBounce allows Stored XSS. This issue affects wBounce: from n/a through 1.8.1. Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in kevinweber wBounce wbounce allows Stored XSS.This issue affects wBounce: from n/a through <= 1.8.1.
Title WordPress wBounce <= 1.8.1 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability WordPress wBounce plugin <= 1.8.1 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L'}


Fri, 28 Mar 2025 15:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Fri, 28 Mar 2025 12:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in kevinweber wBounce allows Stored XSS. This issue affects wBounce: from n/a through 1.8.1.
Title WordPress wBounce <= 1.8.1 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability
Weaknesses CWE-79
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L'}


Subscriptions

No data.

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Patchstack

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-28T16:12:07.312Z

Reserved: 2025-03-28T11:00:39.752Z

Link: CVE-2025-31451

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-03-28T14:50:19.533Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2025-03-28T12:15:17.817

Modified: 2026-04-23T15:27:51.107

Link: CVE-2025-31451

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-05-01T12:30:17Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-79

    Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')