Stored Cross-Site Scripting in WP-Appbox Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2025-1489

6.4MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor
Marcelismus
Status
WP-appbox
Vendor
CVE Published:
21 February 2025

Summary

The WP-Appbox plugin for WordPress is susceptible to Stored Cross-Site Scripting due to inadequate input sanitization and output escaping on user-supplied attributes in its appbox shortcode. This vulnerability allows authenticated users with contributor-level access or higher to inject malicious scripts into pages. When users visit these compromised pages, the injected scripts will execute, posing significant security risks to the site and its visitors.

Affected Version(s)

WP-Appbox * <= 4.5.4

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-appbox/#developers
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3244084/

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

Krzysztof Zając
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