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Publication date: 2025-11-11

Last updated on: 2025-11-12

Assigner: Wordfence

Description

The Squirrels Auto Inventory plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via admin settings in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.3 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level permissions and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This only affects multi-site installations and installations where unfiltered_html has been disabled.

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Meta Information

Published

2025-11-11

Last Modified

2025-11-12

Generated

2026-07-06

AI Q&A

2025-11-11

EPSS Evaluated

2026-07-05

NVD

CVE-2025-12631

Affected Vendors & Products

Vendor	Product	Version / Range
tony_destefano	plugin_squirrels_auto_inventory	1.0.3

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Exploitability

CWE

KEV

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 Squirrels Auto Inventory plugin for WordPress, affecting versions up to and including 1.0.3. It occurs because the plugin does not properly sanitize input or escape output in the admin settings. As a result, authenticated users with administrator-level permissions or higher can inject malicious scripts that execute whenever a user views the affected page. This vulnerability specifically impacts multi-site installations and those where the unfiltered_html setting is disabled.

Impact Analysis

The vulnerability allows attackers with administrator-level 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 unauthorized actions such as stealing session tokens, defacing the website, or performing actions on behalf of other users. Since it requires high-level permissions and affects multi-site or restricted HTML installations, the impact is limited but can still compromise site integrity and user trust.

Mitigation Strategies

To mitigate this vulnerability, update the Squirrels Auto Inventory plugin for WordPress to a version later than 1.0.3 where the issue is fixed. Additionally, ensure that only trusted administrators have access to the plugin settings, and consider enabling unfiltered_html if appropriate, or review multi-site installations carefully since the vulnerability affects only multi-site setups or those with unfiltered_html disabled.

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