portfoliohub WordPress Portfolio Builder Plugin up to 1.1.7 on WordPress Shortcode pfhub_portfolio_portfolio cross site scripting

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A vulnerability was found in portfoliohub WordPress Portfolio Builder Plugin up to 1.1.7 on WordPress and classified as problematic. The affected element is the function pfhub_portfolio_portfolio of the component Shortcode Handler. Executing a manipulation can lead to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2025-1757. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists.

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A vulnerability was found in portfoliohub WordPress Portfolio Builder Plugin up to 1.1.7 on WordPress. It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects the function pfhub_portfolio_portfolio of the component Shortcode Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. CVE summarizes:

The WordPress Portfolio Builder – Portfolio Gallery plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's 'pfhub_portfolio' and 'pfhub_portfolio_portfolio' shortcodes in all versions up to, and including, 1.1.7 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 disclosed by Bassem Essam. The advisory is shared for download at wordfence.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2025-1757 since 02/27/2025. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.007.

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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Type

• Content Management System

Vendor

• portfoliohub

Name

• WordPress Portfolio Builder Plugin

Version

• 1.1.0
• 1.1.1
• 1.1.2
• 1.1.3
• 1.1.4
• 1.1.5
• 1.1.6
• 1.1.7

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• open-source

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