CVE-2025-10701 Cross-site scripting in Time Clock – A WordPress Employee & Volunteer Time Clock Plugin
Authenticated attackers can inject arbitrary web scripts via the data parameter, leading to stored XSS execution on affected 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-2025-10701?
CVE-2025-10701 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in scottpaterson Time Clock – A WordPress Employee & Volunteer Time Clock Plugin, published on 24 Oct 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Time Clock – A WordPress Employee & Volunteer Time Clock Plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'data' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.3.1. This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with Time Clock user credentials to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an affected page.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-10701?
How do I fix CVE-2025-10701?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-10701 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-2025-10701 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-10701 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-x645-h822-qjxf.