CVE Catalog

CVE-2025-13958

MediumCVSS 5.9
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.17%

6th percentile - higher than 6% of all known CVEs

Summary

The YaMaps for WordPress Plugin WordPress plugin before 0.6.40 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in a page/post where the shortcode is embed, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.

Risk Assessment

A user with contributor privileges or higher can store a malicious script that executes in visitors' browsers, potentially leading to data theft or session hijacking.

Recommendation

Update the YaMaps for WordPress plugin to version 0.6.40 or later.

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Original NVD description (English source)

The YaMaps for WordPress Plugin WordPress plugin before 0.6.40 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in a page/post where the shortcode is embed, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.

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