CVE-2025-9493
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Publication date: 2025-09-06

Last updated on: 2025-09-08

Assigner: Wordfence

Description
The Admin Menu Editor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘placeholder’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.14 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
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Published
2025-09-06
Last Modified
2025-09-08
Generated
2026-06-16
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2025-09-06
EPSS Evaluated
2026-06-15
NVD
CVE-2025-9493
EUVD
EUVD-2025-34036
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janis_elsts admin_menu_editor 1.14
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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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Executive Summary

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.

Impact Analysis

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.

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