CVE-2025-0839 ZoomSounds <= 6.91 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode

What is CVE-2025-0839?

CVE-2025-0839 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in ZoomIt ZoomSounds - WordPress Wave Audio Player with Playlist, published on 5 Apr 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The ZoomSounds plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via shortcodes in versions up to, and including, 6.91 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with contributor-level and above permissions to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-0839?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Digitalzoomstudio Zoomsounds.

How do I fix CVE-2025-0839?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-0839 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.

Is CVE-2025-0839 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-0839 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in ZoomIt ZoomSounds - WordPress Wave Audio Player with Playlist

• CVE-2025-47568 WordPress ZoomSounds plugin <= 6.91 - PHP Object Injection vulnerability Critical 9.8
• CVE-2021-4449 ZoomSounds <= 5.96 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload Critical 9.8
• CVE-2015-9471 File upload in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2021-4457 ZoomSounds < 6.05 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload Critical 9.1
• CVE-2024-13776 Missing authorization in ZoomSounds - WordPress Wave Audio Player with Playlist High 8.1

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-jq6v-cgfx-qfjg.