Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability in Social Media Shortcodes Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2025-10166

6.4MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

WordPress
Status
Social Media Shortcodes
Vendor
CVE Published:
17 September 2025

What is CVE-2025-10166?

The Social Media Shortcodes plugin for WordPress suffers from a Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability due to inadequate input sanitization and output escaping in the 'twitter' shortcode. This flaw allows authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access or higher, to inject malicious web scripts into the pages. When a user visits any page containing the injected script, it has the potential to execute, leading to significant security risks for users and data integrity.

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Affected Version(s)

Social Media Shortcodes * <= 1.3.1

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/social-media-s...
https://wordpress.org/plugins/social-media-shortcodes

CVSS V3.1

Score:
6.4
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
Low
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Changed

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Djaidja Moundjid
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