CVE-2025-12045 Orbit Fox Companion <= 3.0.2 - Authenticated (Author+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Post Taxonomy
Authenticated attackers with Author access can inject arbitrary scripts via post taxonomy names, leading to script execution in victim browsers.
- 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-2025-12045?
CVE-2025-12045 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in themeisle Orbit Fox: Duplicate Page, Menu Icons, SVG Support, Cookie Notice, Custom Fonts & More, published on 4 Nov 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Orbit Fox: Duplicate Page, Menu Icons, SVG Support, Cookie Notice, Custom Fonts & More plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the category and tag 'name' parameters in all versions up to, and including, 3.0.2 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-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-2025-12045?
How do I fix CVE-2025-12045?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-12045 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-2025-12045 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-12045 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-w48v-8pqw-vj5q.