CVE-2025-12753
BaseFortify
Publication date: 2025-11-11
Last updated on: 2025-11-12
Assigner: Wordfence
Description
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Affected Vendors & Products
| Vendor | Product | Version / Range |
|---|---|---|
| wordpress | chart_expert | * |
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Exploitability
| CWE ID | Description |
|---|---|
| CWE-80 | The product receives input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special characters such as "<", ">", and "&" that could be interpreted as web-scripting elements when they are sent to a downstream component that processes web pages. |
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Can you explain this vulnerability to me?
This vulnerability is a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) issue in the Chart Expert plugin for WordPress. It occurs via the 'pmzez_chart' shortcode due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping of user-supplied shortcode attributes. Authenticated users with contributor-level access or higher can inject malicious web scripts into pages, which then execute whenever any user accesses those pages.
How can this vulnerability impact me? :
This vulnerability can allow attackers with contributor-level access to inject malicious scripts into web pages, potentially leading to unauthorized actions such as stealing user credentials, session hijacking, or defacing the website. It compromises the integrity and security of the affected WordPress site and its users.