CVE-2025-53458 MEDIUM

CVE-2025-53458: WordPress Goracash Plugin <= 1.1 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability

Vendor Davaxi

Product Goracash

Weakness CWE-79 · XSS

Published September 22, 2025

Last update April 28, 2026

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CVSS base score

5.9/10

Attack vector Network

Attack complexity Low

Privileges required High

User interaction Required

Confidentiality Low

Integrity Low

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in davaxi Goracash goracash allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Goracash: from n/a through <= 1.1.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

Goracash versions 1.1 and earlier contain a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability that allows an authenticated administrator to inject malicious scripts. The vulnerability requires user interaction—typically a victim visiting a crafted link—and can affect other users' sessions. The impact is limited to low-severity data exposure and site modification.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

Inject malicious scripts that execute in other users' browsers when they visit affected pages.

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

An admin account could be compromised to inject scripts affecting other users' sessions and data.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

Attacker must have administrator privileges and the victim must visit a link or page containing the malicious payload.

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

September 22, 2025 CVE published

April 28, 2026 Record updated

External resources

07References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-53458 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/79.html AskarLabs — CWE-79 write-up Cross-Site Scripting

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