GoodLayers Hostel Plugin 1.1.5.8 on WordPress Setting cross site scripting
| CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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Summary
A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in GoodLayers Hostel Plugin on WordPress. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Setting Handler. Such manipulation leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2025-6236. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.
Details
A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in GoodLayers Hostel Plugin on WordPress. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the component Setting 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. CVE summarizes:
The Hostel WordPress plugin before 1.1.5.9 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup).
The weakness was released by Bob Matyas. The advisory is available at wpscan.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-6236 since 06/18/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. The exploitation needs additional levels of successful authentication. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1059.007 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.
Upgrading to version 1.1.5.9 eliminates this vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2025-20896). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 2.4VulDB Meta Temp Score: 2.3
VulDB Base Score: 2.4
VulDB Temp Score: 2.3
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Exploiting
Class: Cross site scriptingCWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Upgrade: Hostel Plugin 1.1.5.9
Timeline
06/18/2025 CVE reserved07/10/2025 Advisory disclosed
07/10/2025 VulDB entry created
07/10/2025 VulDB entry last update
Sources
Advisory: wpscan.comResearcher: Bob Matyas
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2025-6236 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-6236
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-315866
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Entry
Created: 07/10/2025 08:38Updated: 07/10/2025 14:59
Changes: 07/10/2025 08:38 (58), 07/10/2025 10:10 (1), 07/10/2025 14:59 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103
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