Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability in ESV Bible Shortcode for WordPress
CVE-2025-5534

6.4MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

WordPress

Vendor
CVE Published:
6 June 2025

What is CVE-2025-5534?

The ESV Bible Shortcode for WordPress plugin allows authenticated users with contributor-level access and above to exploit a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability. This flaw arises from inadequate input sanitization and output escaping of user-supplied attributes in the plugin's 'esv' shortcode. Attackers can inject arbitrary web scripts into pages, leading to potential data theft or website compromise when users visit affected pages.

Affected Version(s)

ESV Bible Shortcode for WordPress * <= 1.0.2

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

muhammad yudha
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CVE-2025-5534 : Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability in ESV Bible Shortcode for WordPress