CVE-2025-0629: Coronavirus (COVID-19) Notice Message <= 1.1.2 - Admin+ Stored XSS

Description

The Coronavirus (COVID-19) Notice Message WordPress plugin through 1.1.2 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup).

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2025-0629

Problem Types

CWE-79 Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

Affected Products

Vendor: Unknown

Product: Coronavirus (COVID-19) Notice Message

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.03% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 5.21% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-04-09 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-0629
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/39c36d6d-5522-422b-b890-524e27e67f7c/

Timeline