CVE-2025-47441
📋 TL;DR
This stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the WordPress Progress Bar plugin allows attackers to inject malicious scripts into web pages. When users view pages containing the compromised progress bar, their browsers execute the attacker's code. All WordPress sites using vulnerable versions of the Progress Bar plugin are affected.
💻 Affected Systems
- WordPress Progress Bar plugin
⚠️ Manual Verification Required
This CVE does not have specific version information in our database, so automatic vulnerability detection cannot determine if your system is affected.
Why? The CVE database entry doesn't specify which versions are vulnerable (no version ranges provided by the vendor/NVD).
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- Review the CVE details at NVD
- Check vendor security advisories for your specific version
- Test if the vulnerability is exploitable in your environment
- Consider updating to the latest version as a precaution
⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
Attackers could steal administrator session cookies, take over WordPress sites, deface websites, or redirect users to malicious sites.
Likely Case
Attackers inject malicious JavaScript to steal user session cookies or credentials, potentially compromising user accounts.
If Mitigated
With proper input validation and output encoding, malicious scripts would be neutralized before reaching users' browsers.
🎯 Exploit Status
Exploitation requires contributor-level access or higher to inject malicious scripts into progress bar content.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: 2.2.4 or later
Vendor Advisory: https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/progress-bar/vulnerability/wordpress-progress-bar-2-2-3-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Log into WordPress admin panel. 2. Navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins. 3. Find 'Progress Bar' plugin. 4. Click 'Update Now' if update available. 5. If no update available, deactivate and delete plugin, then install latest version from WordPress repository.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Disable Progress Bar Plugin
allTemporarily disable the vulnerable plugin until patched version is available
wp plugin deactivate progress-bar
Apply Content Security Policy
allImplement CSP headers to restrict script execution sources
Add to .htaccess: Header set Content-Security-Policy "default-src 'self'; script-src 'self'"
Add to wp-config.php: header("Content-Security-Policy: default-src 'self'; script-src 'self'");
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Remove Progress Bar plugin completely and use alternative progress bar solutions
- Implement web application firewall (WAF) rules to block XSS payloads targeting progress bar inputs
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check WordPress admin > Plugins > Installed Plugins for Progress Bar version 2.2.3 or earlierCheck Version:
wp plugin list --name=progress-bar --field=versionVerify Fix Applied:
Verify Progress Bar plugin version is 2.2.4 or later in WordPress admin panel📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unusual POST requests to progress bar endpoints
- Suspicious JavaScript payloads in progress bar content fields
Network Indicators:
- Unexpected script tags in progress bar HTTP responses
- External script loads from progress bar content
SIEM Query:
source="wordpress.log" AND ("progress-bar" OR "progressbar") AND ("script" OR "javascript" OR "onclick" OR "onload")