WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

Smart Custom Fields < 5.0.1 - 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
smart-custom-fields
Fixed in 5.0.1

References

CVE
CVE-2025-22308
URL
https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/smart-custom-fields/vulnerability/wordpress-smart-custom-fields-plugin-5-0-0-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
Robert DeVore
Verified
No
WPVDB ID
84673b49-8cb2-4db6-a2ef-0910ea3e0437

Timeline

Publicly Published
2025-01-06 (about 1 year ago)
Added
2025-01-15 (about 1 year ago)
Last Updated
2025-05-30 (about 1 year ago)

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