CVE-2025-5538
BaseFortify
Publication date: 2025-06-06
Last updated on: 2025-06-06
Assigner: Wordfence
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| CWE ID | Description |
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| CWE-79 | The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. |
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Can you explain this vulnerability to me?
This vulnerability is a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) issue in the BNS Featured Category plugin for WordPress, affecting all versions up to 2.8.2. It occurs because the plugin does not properly sanitize or escape user-supplied attributes in its 'bnsfc' shortcode. As a result, authenticated users with contributor-level access or higher can inject malicious scripts that execute whenever someone views the affected page.
How can this vulnerability impact me? :
The vulnerability allows attackers with contributor-level access or above to inject arbitrary web scripts into pages. These scripts execute in the context of users who visit the infected pages, potentially leading to theft of sensitive information, session hijacking, or other malicious actions that compromise user security and site integrity.