Planetcalc Plugin up to 2.2 on WordPress Language cross site scripting
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Summary
A vulnerability was found in Planetcalc Plugin up to 2.2 on WordPress. It has been classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown function. The manipulation of the argument Language leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2025-8777. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit.
Details
A vulnerability was found in Planetcalc Plugin up to 2.2 on WordPress. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects an unknown code block. The manipulation of the argument language 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 planetcalc plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘language’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 2.2 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.
It is possible to read the advisory at wordfence.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-8777. 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.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2025-31675). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.
Product
Type
Name
Version
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.9VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.9
VulDB Base Score: 3.5
VulDB Temp Score: 3.4
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CNA Base Score: 6.4
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CVSSv2
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Exploiting
Class: Cross site scriptingCWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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ATT&CK: 🔒
Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes
Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
Recommended: no mitigation knownStatus: 🔍
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Timeline
09/29/2025 Advisory disclosed09/29/2025 VulDB entry created
09/30/2025 VulDB entry last update
Sources
Advisory: wordfence.comStatus: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2025-8777 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-8777
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-326303
EUVD: 🔒
Entry
Created: 09/29/2025 22:26Updated: 09/30/2025 15:14
Changes: 09/29/2025 22:26 (51), 09/30/2025 07:43 (1), 09/30/2025 15:14 (12)
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Cache ID: 216::103
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