CVE-2025-2537 (GCVE-0-2025-2537)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-07-03 12:23 – Updated: 2025-07-03 13:14
VLAI?
Summary
Multiple plugins for WordPress are vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's bundled ThickBox JavaScript library (version 3.1) in various versions due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Severity ?
6.4 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
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References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
wpdevart YouTube Embed, Playlist and Popup by WpDevArt Affected: * , ≤ 2.6.7 (semver)
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Credits
Craig Smith
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