CVE-2025-12065
BaseFortify
Publication date: 2025-11-04
Last updated on: 2025-11-04
Assigner: Wordfence
Description
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Affected Vendors & Products
| Vendor | Product | Version / Range |
|---|---|---|
| wordfence | wp_carticon | 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 WP Carticon plugin for WordPress has a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the 'carticon_js_script' parameter in versions up to 1.0.0. This occurs because the plugin does not properly sanitize or escape input, allowing authenticated administrators to inject malicious scripts that execute when users visit the affected pages. This vulnerability affects only multi-site installations or those with unfiltered_html disabled.
How can this vulnerability impact me? :
This vulnerability can allow an attacker with administrator access to inject malicious scripts into the website, which will execute in the browsers of users who visit the infected pages. This can lead to theft of sensitive information, session hijacking, or other malicious actions performed on behalf of the users without their consent.