Vulnerability · Published Sep 6, 2025 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2025-9493Admin Menu Editor <= 1.14 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via placeholder Parameter
Medium 6.4
In plain English
A medium-severity cross-site scripting in Admin Menu Editor from whiteshadow. 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 Admin Menu Editor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘placeholder’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.14 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-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 |
|---|---|---|
| whiteshadow | Admin Menu Editor | 0 – through 1.14 |
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/69b9d4e1-895b-4199-bc4e-489afd9d36eb?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/admin-menu-editor/tags/1.14/includes/shortcodes.php#L42
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/admin-menu-editor/
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=3353790%40admin-menu-editor&old=3329611%40admin-menu-editor&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=#file857