CVE-2025-10178 CM Business Directory <= 1.5.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Authenticated attackers can inject arbitrary web scripts via the featured image shortcode, leading to script execution on victim pages.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-10178?
CVE-2025-10178 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in creativemindssolutions CM Business Directory – Optimise and showcase local business, published on 26 Sep 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The CM Business Directory plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's 'cmbd_featured_image' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 1.5.2 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. 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.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-10178?
How do I fix CVE-2025-10178?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-10178 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-2025-10178 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-10178 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-qhxp-gx9g-p5w5.