CVE-2025-9493
BaseFortify
Publication date: 2025-09-06
Last updated on: 2025-09-08
Assigner: Wordfence
Description
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Affected Vendors & Products
| Vendor | Product | Version / Range |
|---|---|---|
| janis_elsts | admin_menu_editor | 1.14 |
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Exploitability
| CWE ID | Description |
|---|---|
| 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 Admin Menu Editor plugin for WordPress. It occurs via the 'placeholder' parameter in versions up to and including 1.14. Because the plugin does not properly sanitize or escape input, an authenticated attacker with Author-level access or higher can inject malicious scripts that will execute whenever any user views the affected page.
How can this vulnerability impact me? :
An attacker exploiting this vulnerability can inject arbitrary web scripts that execute in the context of users visiting the injected page. This can lead to unauthorized actions, data theft, session hijacking, or other malicious activities affecting users of the WordPress site.