CVE-2025-11878
BaseFortify
Publication date: 2025-10-22
Last updated on: 2025-10-22
Assigner: Wordfence
Description
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Affected Vendors & Products
| Vendor | Product | Version / Range |
|---|---|---|
| beautiful_templates | st_categories | 1.0.0 |
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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?
The vulnerability is a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) issue in the ST Categories Widget plugin for WordPress, specifically in versions 1.0.0 and below. It occurs because the plugin does not properly sanitize or escape user-supplied attributes in its st-categories shortcode. This allows authenticated users with contributor-level access or higher to inject malicious scripts into pages, which then execute whenever those pages are viewed.
How can this vulnerability impact me? :
This vulnerability can allow attackers with contributor-level access to inject malicious scripts into web pages. These scripts can execute in the browsers of users who visit the affected pages, potentially leading to theft of user credentials, session hijacking, defacement, or other malicious actions that compromise the security and integrity of the website and its users.