Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability in SortTable Post Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2025-12649

6.4MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

WordPress
Status
Sorttable Post
Vendor
CVE Published:
27 November 2025

What is CVE-2025-12649?

The SortTable Post plugin for WordPress is susceptible to Stored Cross-Site Scripting due to inadequate input sanitization and output escaping of the 'id' parameter in the sorttablepost shortcode. This vulnerability affects all versions up to and including 4.2, allowing authenticated attackers with contributor-level access or higher to inject arbitrary web scripts into pages. This compromise can lead to unauthorized script execution whenever a user interacts with the affected pages, highlighting a significant security risk for users of the plugin.

Affected Version(s)

SortTable Post * <= 4.2

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/sorttable-post...

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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