Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability in Team Members Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2025-8440

6.4MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

WordPress

Vendor
CVE Published:
27 September 2025

What is CVE-2025-8440?

The Team Members plugin for WordPress is affected by a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability, allowing authenticated attackers with Contributor-level access or higher to exploit insufficient input sanitization and output escaping in the first and last name fields. This enables the injection of arbitrary web scripts that execute whenever users visit the compromised pages, potentially leading to data theft, session hijacking, or other malicious actions.

Affected Version(s)

Team Members * <= 5.3.5

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

D.Sim
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CVE-2025-8440 : Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability in Team Members Plugin for WordPress