The Favorites WordPress plugin before 2.3.5 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup).
History

Tue, 06 May 2025 20:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Favoriteposts
Favoriteposts favorites
Weaknesses CWE-79
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:favoriteposts:favorites:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
Vendors & Products Favoriteposts
Favoriteposts favorites

Tue, 25 Mar 2025 14:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 3.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Tue, 25 Mar 2025 06:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description The Favorites WordPress plugin before 2.3.5 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup).
Title Favorites < 2.3.5 - Admin+ Stored XSS
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2025-03-25T06:00:14.469Z

Updated: 2025-03-25T14:10:52.427Z

Reserved: 2025-02-18T17:58:23.902Z

Link: CVE-2025-1452

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-03-25T14:10:27.346Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2025-03-25T06:15:40.390

Modified: 2025-05-06T19:59:13.060

Link: CVE-2025-1452

cve-icon Redhat

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