Stored Cross-Site Scripting in IRM Newsroom Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2025-4584

6.4MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

WordPress
Status
Irm Newsroom
Vendor
CVE Published:
13 June 2025

What is CVE-2025-4584?

The IRM Newsroom plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) through its 'irmeventlist' shortcode. This vulnerability arises from inadequate input sanitization and output escaping of user-supplied attributes. As a result, authenticated attackers with contributor-level access or higher can inject arbitrary web scripts into pages, leading to potential exploitation whenever a user visits an affected page.

Affected Version(s)

IRM Newsroom * <= 1.2.17

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/irm-newsroom/t...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
6.4
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
Low
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Changed

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Cheng Liu
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CVE-2025-4584 : Stored Cross-Site Scripting in IRM Newsroom Plugin for WordPress