Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability in dbview Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2025-10182

6.4MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

WordPress
Status
Dbview
Vendor
CVE Published:
30 September 2025

What is CVE-2025-10182?

The dbview plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) flaw through the 'dbview' shortcode. The vulnerability arises from inadequate input sanitization and output escaping of user-supplied attributes. This issue allows authenticated attackers with contributor-level permissions or higher to inject and execute arbitrary web scripts on pages accessed by users, potentially leading to theft of sensitive information or session hijacking.

Affected Version(s)

dbview * <= 0.5.5

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/dbview/trunk/D...

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

Peter Thaleikis
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CVE-2025-10182 : Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability in dbview Plugin for WordPress