This could allow a malicious actor to inject malicious scripts, such as redirects, advertisements, and other HTML payloads into your website which will be executed when guests visit your site.
CVSS score is a way to evaluate and rank reported vulnerabilities in a standardized and repeatable way but which is not ideal for WordPress.
This security issue has a low severity impact and is unlikely to be exploited.
Update to version 4.8.12 or later to remove the vulnerability. Patchstack users can turn on auto-update for vulnerable plugins only.
7 May, 2025
Early warning sent out to Patchstack customers
7 May, 2025
Published by Patchstack
7 May, 2025