# CVE-2019-25150: Email Templates <= 1.3 - HTML Injection

> Attackers can inject HTML to create phishing forms or perform CSRF attacks against site administrators using the Email Templates plugin.

- **Severity:** High 8.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 7 Jun 2023
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-wxcw-q2qh-5cr8

## What is CVE-2019-25150?

CVE-2019-25150 is a high-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in saadiqbal Email Templates Customizer and Designer for WordPress and WooCommerce, published on 7 Jun 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

The Email Templates plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to HTML Injection in versions up to, and including, 1.3. This makes it possible for attackers to present phishing forms or conduct cross-site request forgery attacks against site administrators.

Weakness: CWE-74 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-25150?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Wpexperts Email Templates.

## How do I fix CVE-2019-25150?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-25150 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2019-25150 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-25150 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

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Check this codebase for CVE-2019-25150 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2019-25150 is a high-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in saadiqbal Email Templates Customizer and Designer for WordPress and WooCommerce, published on 7 Jun 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-25150 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: saadiqbal Email Templates Customizer and Designer for WordPress and WooCommerce. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-25150/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-25150/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-25150
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-25150
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-25150

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-25150/
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