thobian 评论小秘书 Plugin up to 1.3.2 on WordPress Setting $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] cross site scripting

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A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in thobian 评论小秘书 Plugin up to 1.3.2 on WordPress. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Setting Handler. Such manipulation of the argument $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2025-13988. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

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A vulnerability was found in thobian 评论小秘书 Plugin up to 1.3.2 on WordPress and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the component Setting Handler. The manipulation of the argument $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] 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 评论小秘书 plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the `$_SERVER['PHP_SELF']` variable in all versions up to, and including, 1.3.2. This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on the `$_SERVER['PHP_SELF']` variable in the plugin's settings page. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

The weakness was published by Abdulsamad Yusuf. The advisory is available at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-13988 since 12/03/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. This vulnerability is assigned to T1059.007 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Upgrading to version 1.3.2 eliminates this vulnerability.

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• WordPress Plugin

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• thobian

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• 评论小秘书 Plugin

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• 1.3.0
• 1.3.1
• 1.3.2

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