Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability in Educenter Theme for WordPress
CVE-2025-5529

6.4MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

WordPress
Status
Educenter
Vendor
CVE Published:
26 July 2025

What is CVE-2025-5529?

The Educenter theme for WordPress has a vulnerability that allows stored cross-site scripting (XSS) due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping in the Circle Counter Block. Authenticated attackers with Contributor-level access can exploit this vulnerability to inject arbitrary scripts into web pages. These scripts are executed whenever a user accesses the affected pages, potentially leading to unauthorized actions or data exposure.

Affected Version(s)

Educenter * <= 1.6.2

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/browser/educenter/1.6.2...

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-2025-5529 : Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability in Educenter Theme for WordPress