CVE-2025-8317

MEDIUM

Custom Word Cloud <= 0.3 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Angle Parameter

Title source: llm

Description

The Custom Word Cloud plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘angle’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 0.3 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. 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.

References (3)

Core 3

Core References

Product

https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/custom-word-cloud/trunk/custom-word-cloud.php

Product

https://wordpress.org/plugins/custom-word-cloud/#developers

Third Party Advisory

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f153a0ce-c967-43ed-97be-901ea7dcd12b?source=cve

Scores

CVSS v3 6.4

EPSS 0.0022

EPSS Percentile 12.2%

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)

bnielsen/Custom Word Cloud < 0.3

Published Aug 02, 2025

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026