FlipBook Plugin up to 1.16.15 on WordPress style/mode cross site scripting

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in FlipBook Plugin up to 1.16.15 on WordPress. The impacted element is an unknown function. This manipulation of the argument style/mode causes cross site scripting. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2025-5289. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit.

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A vulnerability has been found in FlipBook Plugin up to 1.16.15 on WordPress and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. The manipulation of the argument style/mode 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. The summary by CVE is:

The 3D FlipBook – PDF Embedder, PDF Flipbook Viewer, Flipbook Image Gallery plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘style’ and 'mode' parameters in all versions up to, and including, 1.16.15 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. Note: This issue affects only block-based themes.

The advisory is shared at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2025-5289 since 05/27/2025. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.

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

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2025-18874). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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• WordPress Plugin

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• FlipBook Plugin

Version

• 1.16.0
• 1.16.1
• 1.16.2
• 1.16.3
• 1.16.4
• 1.16.5
• 1.16.6
• 1.16.7
• 1.16.8
• 1.16.9
• 1.16.10
• 1.16.11
• 1.16.12
• 1.16.13
• 1.16.14
• 1.16.15

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