Stored XSS via forged administrator settings request
Published Mar 9, 2025 · Updated Jan 9, 2026
Stored cross-site scripting in the affected WordPress plugin through 2.6 allows remote attackers to inject scripts through a forged settings request. The administrative settings handler accepts a POSTed msg_err value without nonce validation, sanitization, or output escaping and stores it for later rendering. Exploitation requires a logged-in administrator to open attacker-controlled HTML; the stored script then executes when affected plugin output is viewed.
Summary
What happened
Stored cross-site scripting in the affected WordPress plugin through 2.6 allows remote attackers to inject scripts through a forged settings request. The administrative settings handler accepts a POSTed msg_err value without nonce validation, sanitization, or output escaping and stores it for later rendering. Exploitation requires a logged-in administrator to open attacker-controlled HTML; the stored script then executes when affected plugin output is viewed.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-1382
- Published
- Mar 9, 2025
- Updated
- Jan 9, 2026
- Vendor
- Rohitashv Singhal
- Product
- Contact Us By Lord Linus
- Classifications
- CWE-352, CWE-79, T1204.002, T1059.007
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Mar 9, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jan 9, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=0 <=2.6
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Public exploit references
- WPScan forged settings request proof of conceptproof of concept · demonstrated
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