CVE-2025-1452

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).

CVSS v3 3.5 LOW

3.5^/10

CVSS v3 : LOW

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 0.9 / Impact : 2.5

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required HIGH

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/47365daf-7ef5-471a-ab0e-f6d1b40ca56c/	Exploit Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:favoriteposts:favorites:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

History

06 May 2025, 19:59

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CWE		CWE-79
CPE		cpe:2.3:a:favoriteposts:favorites::::::wordpress::*
First Time		Favoriteposts Favoriteposts favorites
References	~~() https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/47365daf-7ef5-471a-ab0e-f6d1b40ca56c/ -~~	() https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/47365daf-7ef5-471a-ab0e-f6d1b40ca56c/ - Exploit, Third Party Advisory

27 Mar 2025, 16:45

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Summary		(es) El complemento Favorites de WordPress anterior a la versión 2.3.5 no depura ni escapa de algunas de sus configuraciones, lo que podría permitir a usuarios con privilegios elevados como el administrador realizar ataques de cross site scripting almacenado incluso cuando la capacidad unfiltered_html no está permitida (por ejemplo, en una configuración de varios sitios).

25 Mar 2025, 15:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CVSS	v2 : ~~unknown~~ v3 : ~~unknown~~	v2 : unknown v3 : 3.5

25 Mar 2025, 06:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2025-03-25 06:15

Updated : 2025-05-06 19:59

NVD link : CVE-2025-1452

Mitre link : CVE-2025-1452

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-1452

JSON object : View

Products Affected

favoriteposts

favorites

CWE

CWE-79

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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3.5 /10