WordPress IP2Location Country Blocker plugin <= 2.38.3 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

published 2025-01-24 21 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2025-3923

cvss: 5.9; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.3%; EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 25%
public exploits: 0; none known

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in IP2Location Download IP2Location Country Blocker ip2location-country-blocker allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Download IP2Location Country Blocker: from n/a through <= 2.38.3.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

IP2Location Download IP2Location Country Blocker 2.38.4

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 21 mo ago (2025-01-24)

Exploit prediction

0.32% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 25% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	5.9	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
NVD	3.1	4.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Affected products

IP2Location Download IP2Location Country Blocker

Classification

Weakness

CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

Technology feeds

WordPress rss critical rss

References

patchstack.com /database/Wordpress/Plugin/ip2location-country-blocker/vulnerability/wordpress-ip2location-country-blocker-plu
vdb-entry, third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2025-24731
NVD CVE-2025-24731

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Summary