Stored XSS via unescaped unfavorite button markup
Published Mar 25, 2025 · Updated Mar 25, 2025
Stored XSS in Favorites before 2.3.5 allows remote authenticated users with administrator privileges to execute scripts in visitors' browsers. The Display & Post Types settings accept unsanitized Button Markup: Unfavorited HTML and render it automatically on new posts without output escaping. An administrator must save the payload, and a visitor must view an affected post; execution is limited to the visitor's browser context.
Summary
What happened
Stored XSS in Favorites before 2.3.5 allows remote authenticated users with administrator privileges to execute scripts in visitors' browsers. The Display & Post Types settings accept unsanitized Button Markup: Unfavorited HTML and render it automatically on new posts without output escaping. An administrator must save the payload, and a visitor must view an affected post; execution is limited to the visitor's browser context.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-1452
- Published
- Mar 25, 2025
- Updated
- Mar 25, 2025
- Vendor
- Kyle Phillips
- Product
- Favorites
- Classifications
- CWE-79, T1059.007
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- admin
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Mar 25, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Mar 25, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=0 <2.3.5
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Public exploit references
- WPScan Button Markup stored-XSS proof of conceptproof of concept · validated
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