Stored Cross-Site Scripting in Get Youtube Subs Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2025-7966

6.4MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

WordPress
Status
Get Youtube Subs
Vendor
CVE Published:
24 July 2025

What is CVE-2025-7966?

The Get Youtube Subs plugin for WordPress contains a vulnerability that allows for Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks. This issue arises due to inadequate sanitization of user inputs in the 'channel', 'layout', and 'subs_count' parameters. Authenticated users with Contributor-level access or higher can exploit this flaw to inject malicious web scripts. As a result, these scripts could be executed when other users access affected pages, posing significant security risks to website visitors.

Affected Version(s)

Get Youtube Subs * <= 3.5

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/get-youtube-su...
https://wordpress.org/plugins/get-youtube-subs/#developers

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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