CVE-2025-15701
Easy Social Icons < 4.0.3 - Admin+ Stored XSS via Icon Color Settings
Description
The Easy Social Icons WordPress plugin before 4.0.3 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings before outputting them on front-end pages, which could allow high-privilege users such as Administrators to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed, for example on a multisite network.
INFO
Published Date :
Nov. 5, 2026, 6:17 a.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 5, 2026, 6:17 a.m.
Remotely Exploit :
No
Source :
[email protected]
Solution
- Update the Easy Social Icons plugin to 4.0.3 or newer.
- Ensure user roles do not have unfiltered_html capability.
- Sanitize and escape plugin settings properly.
- Review plugin security practices.
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
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CVE-2025-15701.
| URL | Resource |
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| https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/32a2349b-515e-4616-ab53-a7a536ade5a7/ |
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2025-15701 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2025-15701
weaknesses.
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New CVE Received by [email protected]
Nov. 05, 2026
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Description The Easy Social Icons WordPress plugin before 4.0.3 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings before outputting them on front-end pages, which could allow high-privilege users such as Administrators to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed, for example on a multisite network. Added Affected New affected value received. <a href="https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/blob/main/cves/2025/15xxx/CVE-2025-15701.json">CVE-2025-15701</a> Added Reference https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/32a2349b-515e-4616-ab53-a7a536ade5a7/