Vulnerability · Published Apr 3, 2025 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2025-2874User Submitted Posts <= 20241026 - Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Medium 4.4
In plain English
A medium-severity cross-site scripting in User Submitted Posts – Enable Users to Submit Posts from the Front End from specialk. 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 15% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The User Submitted Posts – Enable Users to Submit Posts from the Front End plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via admin settings in all versions up to, and including, 20240319 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level permissions and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This only affects multi-site installations and installations where unfiltered_html has been disabled.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| specialk | User Submitted Posts – Enable Users to Submit Posts from the Front End | 0 – through 20241026 |
Weakness: CWE-79 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N