You have to invite them in

Welcome to this week's edition of the Threat Source newsletter. I found myself watching the Oscars ceremony in its entirety for the first time in a few years. I'm in the U.K., so I watched it the following day. With next week's Year in Review launch looming and several pieces of content still to...

CVE-2025-23816

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation 'Cross-site Scripting' vulnerability in metaphorcreations Metaphor Widgets allows Stored XSS. This issue affects Metaphor Widgets: from n/a through 2.4...

EUVD-2023-27957

Malicious code in bioql PyPI...

EUVD-2024-30371

Malicious code in bioql PyPI...

EUVD-2023-51862

Malicious code in bioql PyPI...

EUVD-2023-53743

Malicious code in bioql PyPI...

EUVD-2025-3446

Malicious code in bioql PyPI...

State-Of-The-Art in Software Security Visualization: a Systematic Review

Software security visualization is an interdisciplinary field that combines the technical complexity of cybersecurity, including threat intelligence and compliance monitoring, with visual analytics, transforming complex security data into easily digestible visual formats. As software systems get...

Exploit for Path Traversal in Thecartpress Thecartpress_Ecommerce_Shopping_Cart

This is a PoC exploit for CVE-2015-3301, a vulnerability in the Stagefright media library that allows for remote code execution on Android devices. The exploit, called Metaphor, is designed to bypass Address Space Layout Randomization ASLR and execute arbitrary code on the device. The exploit...

CVE-2025-24736

Missing Authorization vulnerability in metaphorcreations Post Duplicator post-duplicator allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Post Duplicator: from n/a through = 2.35...

CVE-2024-32569

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation 'Cross-site Scripting' vulnerability in Metaphor Creations Ditty allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Ditty: from n/a through 3.1.31...

CVE-2023-23874

Auth. contributor+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting XSS vulnerability in Metaphor Creations Ditty plugin = 3.0.32 versions...

CVE-2023-49835

Missing Authorization vulnerability in Metaphor Creations Post Duplicator allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Post Duplicator: from n/a through 2.31...

CVE-2023-47764

Missing Authorization vulnerability in metaphorcreations Ditty ditty-news-ticker allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Ditty: from n/a through = 3.1.24...

CVE-2025-24736

Missing Authorization vulnerability in Metaphor Creations Post Duplicator allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels. This issue affects Post Duplicator: from n/a through 2.35...

CVE-2025-24736

Missing Authorization vulnerability in metaphorcreations Post Duplicator post-duplicator allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Post Duplicator: from n/a through = 2.35...

PT-2025-5549 · Metaphor Creations · Post Duplicator

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Metaphor Creations Post Duplicator versions n/a through 2.35 Description: The issue is related to a Missing Authorization vulnerability, which allows exploiting incorrectly configured access control security levels. Recommendations: For...

CVE-2025-23816

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation 'Cross-site Scripting' vulnerability in metaphorcreations Metaphor Widgets allows Stored XSS. This issue affects Metaphor Widgets: from n/a through 2.4...

CVE-2025-23816 WordPress Metaphor Widgets plugin <= 2.4 - Stored Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation 'Cross-site Scripting' vulnerability in metaphorcreations Metaphor Widgets allows Stored XSS. This issue affects Metaphor Widgets: from n/a through 2.4...

CVE-2025-23816

CVE-2025-23816 (Metaphor Widgets) is an stored XSS in Metaphor Widgets up to version 2.4. The initial document assigns CVSS v3.1 base score 6.5 (MEDIUM) with Network attack vector, Low privileges, user interaction required, and effects on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Connected Re...