CVE-2025-31750: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') in doit Breaking News WP
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in doit Breaking News WP breaking-news-wp allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Breaking News WP: from n/a through <= 1.3.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
The Breaking News WP plugin for WordPress, developed by doit, contains a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability identified as CVE-2025-31750. This vulnerability is due to improper input neutralization during web page generation, which can allow an attacker with high privileges and requiring user interaction to inject malicious scripts that affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability to a limited extent. The issue affects versions up to 1.3. No patch or official fix information is currently available.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation could allow an attacker with high privileges to inject malicious scripts that execute in the context of other users, potentially leading to limited confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. The vulnerability requires user interaction and privileges, reducing the risk compared to lower privilege or no interaction vulnerabilities. No known active exploitation has been reported.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until an official fix is available, restrict high privilege user access to trusted users only and monitor for suspicious activity related to the Breaking News WP plugin. Avoid enabling untrusted users to input content that is rendered by the plugin.
CVE-2025-31750: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') in doit Breaking News WP
Description
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in doit Breaking News WP breaking-news-wp allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Breaking News WP: from n/a through <= 1.3.
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
The Breaking News WP plugin for WordPress, developed by doit, contains a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability identified as CVE-2025-31750. This vulnerability is due to improper input neutralization during web page generation, which can allow an attacker with high privileges and requiring user interaction to inject malicious scripts that affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability to a limited extent. The issue affects versions up to 1.3. No patch or official fix information is currently available.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation could allow an attacker with high privileges to inject malicious scripts that execute in the context of other users, potentially leading to limited confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. The vulnerability requires user interaction and privileges, reducing the risk compared to lower privilege or no interaction vulnerabilities. No known active exploitation has been reported.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until an official fix is available, restrict high privilege user access to trusted users only and monitor for suspicious activity related to the Breaking News WP plugin. Avoid enabling untrusted users to input content that is rendered by the plugin.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- Patchstack
- Date Reserved
- 2025-04-01T13:19:14.437Z
- Cvss Version
- null
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 69cd7378e6bfc5ba1def23e0
Added to database: 4/1/2026, 7:35:20 PM
Last enriched: 5/1/2026, 12:09:24 PM
Last updated: 5/21/2026, 7:14:24 PM
Views: 21
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