Josh WP Edit Plugin up to 4.0.4 on WordPress cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Josh WP Edit Plugin up to 4.0.4 on WordPress. The impacted element is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2025-53253. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Josh WP Edit Plugin up to 4.0.4 on WordPress. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects an unknown functionality. 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:

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Josh WP Edit allows Stored XSS. This issue affects WP Edit: from n/a through 4.0.4.

The weakness was shared by Nabil Irawan. The advisory is shared at patchstack.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-53253 since 06/27/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. Additional levels of successful authentication are needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly 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-2025-19391). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.1
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.1

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VulDB Temp Score: 2.4
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CNA Base Score: 5.9
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Timelineinfo

06/27/2025 Advisory disclosed
06/27/2025 +0 days CVE reserved
06/27/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
06/27/2025 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: patchstack.com
Researcher: Nabil Irawan
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2025-53253 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-53253
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-314189
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Entryinfo

Created: 06/27/2025 17:30
Updated: 06/27/2025 18:50
Changes: 06/27/2025 17:30 (64), 06/27/2025 18:50 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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