Stored XSS via unescaped Form setting
Published Jun 9, 2025 · Updated Jun 10, 2025
Stored XSS in Stefano Lissa Newsletter before 8.8.5 allows remote authenticated users to execute script through Form settings. The form editor stores an unsanitized form-title value and renders it without output escaping when the related newsletter_form shortcode is viewed. Administrator privileges plus disabled unfiltered_html, including on multisite, are required; the script runs in the page viewer's origin.
Summary
What happened
Stored XSS in Stefano Lissa Newsletter before 8.8.5 allows remote authenticated users to execute script through Form settings. The form editor stores an unsanitized form-title value and renders it without output escaping when the related newsletter_form shortcode is viewed. Administrator privileges plus disabled unfiltered_html, including on multisite, are required; the script runs in the page viewer's origin.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-3582
- Published
- Jun 9, 2025
- Updated
- Jun 10, 2025
- Vendor
- Stefano Lissa
- Product
- Newsletter
- Classifications
- CWE-79, T1059.007
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- admin
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jun 9, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jun 10, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=0 <8.85
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Published CVSS scores
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Attacks
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Weakness, pattern, technique
Public exploit references
- Newsletter Form-title stored XSS proof of conceptproof of concept · demonstrated
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