CVE-2025-31597

Vulnerability

Overview

The Ultimate Live Cricket WordPress Lite plugin for WordPress suffers from a stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability due to improper neutralization of user-supplied input during web page generation [1]. This flaw affects all versions up to and including 1.4.2, allowing attackers to inject arbitrary HTML and JavaScript code that persists on the site.

Exploitation

Details

Exploitation requires a privileged user—such as a subscriber or higher—to perform an action like clicking a crafted link, visiting a malicious page, or submitting a specially crafted form [1]. The attacker does not need direct access to the site; instead, they can trick an authenticated user into triggering the payload. The vulnerability is particularly dangerous because it can be used in mass-exploit campaigns targeting thousands of WordPress sites simultaneously [1].

Impact

Successful exploitation enables the attacker to inject malicious scripts that execute when any visitor loads the affected page. This can lead to redirects to phishing sites, injection of unwanted advertisements, theft of session cookies, or other harmful actions that compromise the integrity and trustworthiness of the website [1].

Mitigation

The vendor has not released a patched version as of the publication date. Users are strongly advised to update the plugin immediately if a fix becomes available. If updating is not possible, contacting the hosting provider or a web developer for assistance is recommended [1]. No workaround is documented.