s56bouya Newpost Catch Plugin up to 1.3.19 on WordPress Shortcode npc cross site scripting

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in s56bouya Newpost Catch Plugin up to 1.3.19 on WordPress. This impacts the function npc of the component Shortcode Handler. The manipulation leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2025-1406. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available.

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A vulnerability was found in s56bouya Newpost Catch Plugin up to 1.3.19 on WordPress. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects the function npc of the component Shortcode Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. Impacted is integrity. The summary by CVE is:

The Newpost Catch plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's npc shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 1.3.19 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.

The weakness was shared by Krzysztof Zając. It is possible to read the advisory at wordfence.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-1406 since 02/17/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• WordPress Plugin

Vendor

• s56bouya

Name

• Newpost Catch Plugin

Version

• 1.3.0
• 1.3.1
• 1.3.2
• 1.3.3
• 1.3.4
• 1.3.5
• 1.3.6
• 1.3.7
• 1.3.8
• 1.3.9
• 1.3.10
• 1.3.11
• 1.3.12
• 1.3.13
• 1.3.14
• 1.3.15
• 1.3.16
• 1.3.17
• 1.3.18
• 1.3.19

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