Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability in IRM Newsroom Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2025-4586

6.4MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

WordPress
Status
Irm Newsroom
Vendor
CVE Published:
13 June 2025

What is CVE-2025-4586?

The IRM Newsroom plugin for WordPress is susceptible to a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability through its 'irmcalendarview' shortcode. This issue exists due to inadequate input sanitization and output escaping on user-supplied attributes. Authenticated attackers with contributor-level access or higher can exploit this vulnerability to inject arbitrary web scripts. These scripts will execute for users accessing the affected pages, potentially compromising user data and site integrity.

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-2025-4586 : Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability in IRM Newsroom Plugin for WordPress