CVE-2025-13739
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-79
Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
Publication date:
05/12/2025
Last modified:
05/12/2025
Description
The CryptX plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's `cryptx` shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 4.0.4 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Impact
Base Score 3.x
6.40
Severity 3.x
MEDIUM
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/cryptx/tags/4.0.4/classes/CryptX.php#L1295
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/cryptx/tags/4.0.4/classes/CryptX.php#L149
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/cryptx/tags/4.0.4/classes/CryptX.php#L237
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/cryptx/tags/4.0.4/classes/CryptX.php#L604
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2f8cb7d7-eb40-403e-85de-c16200ee424d?source=cve



