Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability in CM Business Directory Plugin by WordPress

CVE-2025-10178

What is CVE-2025-10178?

The CM Business Directory plugin for WordPress is subject to a Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability that arises from inadequate input sanitization and output escaping of user-supplied attributes in the 'cmbd_featured_image' shortcode. This flaw allows authenticated attackers with contributor-level access or higher to inject malicious scripts into web pages, posing a risk of executing these scripts for users who visit the compromised pages. This vulnerability exists in all versions of the plugin up to and including 1.5.2.

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