CVE-2025-5096
TablePress for WordPress DOM-Based Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
Description
The TablePress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to DOM-Based Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'data-caption', 'data-s-content-padding', 'data-s-title', and 'data-footer' data-attributes in all versions up to, and including, 3.1.2 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.
INFO
Published Date :
May 23, 2025, 9:15 a.m.
Last Modified :
May 23, 2025, 3:54 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
2.7
Exploitability Score :
3.1
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New CVE Received by [email protected]
May. 23, 2025
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Description The TablePress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to DOM-Based Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'data-caption', 'data-s-content-padding', 'data-s-title', and 'data-footer' data-attributes in all versions up to, and including, 3.1.2 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. 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://datatables.net/ Added Reference https://github.com/DataTables/DataTablesSrc/blob/29539c40504365bc4be0599e4b0739cf270a2e09/js/core/core.constructor.js#L329 Added Reference https://github.com/DataTables/DataTablesSrc/commit/d278ed307035cb8740d2fad86b7cbb995380f7bb Added Reference https://github.com/DataTables/DataTablesSrc/commit/d558328106bef2d48dfc4cf78581dd106f5c1077 Added Reference https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tablepress/tags/3.1.2/js/jquery.datatables.min.js Added Reference https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3298453/tablepress Added Reference https://tablepress.org/release-announcement-tablepress-3-1-3/ Added Reference https://wordpress.org/plugins/tablepress/#developers Added Reference https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/cd2dfa02-0404-4300-a5ed-6326f9df6d30?source=cve
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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
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