CVE-2025-4666

MEDIUM

Zotpress <= 7.3.15 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Nickname Parameter

Title source: llm

Description

The Zotpress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘nickname’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 7.3.15 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

References (6)

Core 6

Core References

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3308031/

Product

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/zotpress/trunk/lib/admin/admin.accounts.php#L86

Product

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/zotpress/trunk/lib/admin/admin.functions.php#L66

Product

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/zotpress/trunk/lib/admin/admin.options.form.php#L33

Product

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/zotpress/trunk/lib/admin/admin.options.form.php#L35

Third Party Advisory

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1058078b-3afa-4fe7-913a-b6fc32252bf6?source=cve

Scores

CVSS v3 6.4

EPSS 0.0026

EPSS Percentile 17.0%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE

CWE-79

Status published

Products (1)

kseaborn/Zotpress < 7.3.15

Published Jun 11, 2025

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026