Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability in Minimal Share Buttons for WordPress
CVE-2025-5259

6.4MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

WordPress

Vendor
CVE Published:
30 May 2025

What is CVE-2025-5259?

The Minimal Share Buttons plugin for WordPress has a vulnerability that allows authenticated attackers with Contributor-level access and above to exploit the ‘align’ parameter. Due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping, attackers can inject malicious web scripts into pages. These scripts execute whenever a user accesses an affected page, potentially compromising user data and site integrity.

Affected Version(s)

Minimal Share Buttons * <= 1.7.3

References

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-2025-5259 : Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability in Minimal Share Buttons for WordPress