CVE Catalog

CVE-2025-12717

MediumCVSS 6.4
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.24%

13th percentile - higher than 13% of all known CVEs

Summary

The List Attachments Shortcode plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'before_list' parameter in the [list-attachments] shortcode in all versions up to and including 0.4.1a due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping.

Risk Assessment

An authenticated attacker with Author-level access or above can inject arbitrary scripts into pages that execute for any user visiting the injected page, potentially leading to session or data theft.

Recommendation

Update the plugin to a version newer than 0.4.1a or remove it if unused; consider restricting Author privileges to a minimum.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

The List Attachments Shortcode plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'before_list' parameter in the [list-attachments] shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 0.4.1a due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS