CVE-2025-11238
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Publication date: 2025-10-25

Last updated on: 2025-10-27

Assigner: Wordfence

Description
The Watu Quiz plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the HTTP Referer header in versions less than, or equal to, 3.4.4 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping when the "Save source URL" option is enabled. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever an user accesses an injected page.
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Published
2025-10-25
Last Modified
2025-10-27
Generated
2026-05-06
AI Q&A
2025-10-25
EPSS Evaluated
2026-05-05
NVD
CVE-2025-11238
Affected Vendors & Products
Showing 3 associated CPEs
Vendor Product Version / Range
wordpress wordpress *
watu watu_quiz 3.4.5
watu watu_quiz 3.4.4
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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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Can you explain this vulnerability to me?

The Watu Quiz plugin for WordPress versions up to 3.4.4 has a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability via the HTTP Referer header. This occurs because the plugin does not properly sanitize or escape input when the "Save source URL" option is enabled, allowing unauthenticated attackers to inject malicious scripts that execute when a user accesses the affected page.


How can this vulnerability impact me? :

This vulnerability can allow attackers to execute arbitrary scripts in the context of the affected website, potentially leading to theft of user data, session hijacking, defacement, or other malicious actions without requiring authentication.


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