CVE-2025-12160
BaseFortify
Publication date: 2025-11-21
Last updated on: 2025-11-21
Assigner: Wordfence
Description
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Affected Vendors & Products
| Vendor | Product | Version / Range |
|---|---|---|
| wordpress | simple_user_registration | * |
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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 Simple User Registration plugin for WordPress. It occurs via the 'wpr_admin_msg' parameter due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This allows unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts that execute whenever a user accesses the affected page.
How can this vulnerability impact me? :
The vulnerability can allow attackers to execute malicious scripts in the context of users visiting the affected pages. This can lead to theft of user credentials, session hijacking, defacement, or other malicious actions impacting the confidentiality and integrity of user data.