Vulnerability · Published Dec 6, 2025 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2025-13857Yet Another WebClap for WordPress <= 0.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode Attributes
Medium 6.4
In plain English
A medium-severity cross-site scripting in Yet Another WebClap for WordPress from ksakai. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 17% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The Yet Another WebClap for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'text' parameter of the webclap_button shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 0.2 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| ksakai | Yet Another WebClap for WordPress | 0 – through 0.2 |
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/ca50e5e7-be46-40f1-9782-a72ca8ab7e9a?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/yet-another-webclap-for-wordpress/trunk/yawebclap.php#L28
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/yet-another-webclap-for-wordpress/tags/0.2/yawebclap.php#L28