CVE-2025-39432 (GCVE-0-2025-39432)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-04-17 15:16 – Updated: 2026-04-28 16:12
VLAI
Title
WordPress bbPress2 shortcode whitelist plugin <= 2.2.1 - CSRF to XSS vulnerability
Summary
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in antonchanning bbPress2 shortcode whitelist bbpress2-shortcode-whitelist allows Stored XSS.This issue affects bbPress2 shortcode whitelist: from n/a through <= 2.2.1.
Severity
7.1 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-04-17 18:10 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
antonchanning bbPress2 shortcode whitelist Affected: 0 , ≤ 2.2.1 (custom)
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Date Public
2026-04-01 16:39
Credits
johska | Patchstack Bug Bounty Program
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