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 4.8.1 or later to remove the vulnerability.
22 Aug, 2025
Early warning sent out to Patchstack customers
22 Aug, 2025
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22 Aug, 2025