Vulnerability · Published Sep 26, 2025 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2025-10178CM Business Directory <= 1.5.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Medium 6.4
In plain English
A medium-severity cross-site scripting in CM Business Directory – Optimise and showcase local business from creativemindssolutions. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 16% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The CM Business Directory plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's 'cmbd_featured_image' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 1.5.2 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| creativemindssolutions | CM Business Directory – Optimise and showcase local business | 0 – through 1.5.2 |
Weakness: CWE-79 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2c1ecd71-57ed-44ba-a007-3b96b98d3bf7?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/cm-business-directory/trunk/frontend/cm-business-directory-business-page-sc.php#L289
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/cm-business-directory/
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/cm-business-directory/trunk/frontend/cm-business-directory-business-page-sc.php?rev=3364840#L280
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/cm-business-directory/tags/1.5.2/frontend/cm-business-directory-business-page-sc.php#L289