WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

RS WP Book Showcase <= 6.7.71 - Contributor+ Stored XSS

Description

The plugin is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting 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.

Affects Plugins

Plugin icon
rs-wp-books-showcase
No known fix

References

CVE
CVE-2025-47679
URL
https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/rs-wp-books-showcase/vulnerability/wordpress-rs-wp-book-showcase-6-7-40-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability

Classification

Type
XSS
OWASP top 10
A7: Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
CWE
CWE-79
CVSS
5.9 (medium)

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
Peter Thaleikis
Verified
No
WPVDB ID
00470957-92e5-47c0-9fbb-3d03f074160c

Timeline

Publicly Published
2025-05-07 (about 1 year ago)
Added
2025-05-13 (about 1 year ago)
Last Updated
2026-09-03 (about 1 month ago)

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