CVE-2025-4611
WordPress Slim SEO Plugin Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
Description
The Slim SEO – Fast & Automated WordPress SEO Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's slim_seo_breadcrumbs shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 4.5.3 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.
INFO
Published Date :
May 21, 2025, 12:16 p.m.
Last Modified :
May 21, 2025, 8:24 p.m.
Remotely Exploit :
Yes !
Source :
[email protected]
Affected Products
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CVSS Scores
| Score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM | [email protected] |
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github
CVE-2025-4611 has a 2 public
PoC/Exploit available at Github.
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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weaknesses.
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New CVE Received by [email protected]
May. 21, 2025
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Description The Slim SEO – Fast & Automated WordPress SEO Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's slim_seo_breadcrumbs shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 4.5.3 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. Added CVSS V3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Added CWE CWE-79 Added Reference https://github.com/elightup/slim-seo/commit/b475dceff3a6bd94335d5a79eb12cdd92e2c8350 Added Reference https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/slim-seo/tags/4.5.3/src/Breadcrumbs.php#L109 Added Reference https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/slim-seo/tags/4.5.3/src/Breadcrumbs.php#L37 Added Reference https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/slim-seo/tags/4.5.3/src/Breadcrumbs.php#L85 Added Reference https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3296099/ Added Reference https://wordpress.org/plugins/slim-seo/#developers Added Reference https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6318a1cf-716f-450c-a1c2-497de8095daa?source=cve