Vulnerability · Published Aug 30, 2025 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2025-9500TablePress <= 3.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via shortcode_debug Parameter
Medium 6.4
In plain English
A medium-severity cross-site scripting in TablePress – Tables in WordPress made easy from tobiasbg. 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 TablePress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘shortcode_debug’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 3.2 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 |
|---|---|---|
| tobiasbg | TablePress – Tables in WordPress made easy | 0 – through 3.2 |
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/2b24ae23-d055-4740-bd86-126d503fce1b?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tablepress/tags/3.1.3/controllers/controller-frontend.php#L635
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tablepress/tags/3.1.3/controllers/controller-frontend.php#L903
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/tablepress/#developers
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3352096/