CVE-2025-3748 (GCVE-0-2025-3748)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-05-02 03:21 – Updated: 2025-05-02 14:59
VLAI?
Title
Taxonomy Chain Menu <= 1.0.8 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via pn_chain_menu Shortcode
Summary
The Taxonomy Chain Menu plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's pn_chain_menu shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.8 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')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
realmag777 Taxonomy Chain Menu Affected: * , ≤ 1.0.8 (semver)
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Credits
Peter Thaleikis
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