Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability in PublishPress Blocks for WordPress
CVE-2025-8588

6.4MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

WordPress
Status
Gutenberg Blocks – PublisHPress Blocks Controls, Visibility, Reusable Blocks
Vendor
CVE Published:
25 October 2025

What is CVE-2025-8588?

The PublishPress Blocks plugin for WordPress is susceptible to Stored Cross-Site Scripting due to inadequate input sanitization and output escaping in the 'Marker Title' and 'Marker Description' parameters of the Maps block. This vulnerability allows authenticated contributors and users with higher access levels to inject malicious scripts into web pages. When a user visits an affected page, these scripts can execute, potentially compromising user data and site integrity.

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Affected Version(s)

Gutenberg Blocks – PublishPress Blocks Controls, Visibility, Reusable Blocks * <= 3.3.4

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/advanced-guten...
https://github.com/publishpress/PublishPress-Blocks/issue...

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

D.Sim
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