CVE-2025-12520 WP Airbnb Review Slider <= 4.2 - Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Administrators can inject malicious scripts via URL settings in the WP Airbnb Review Slider plugin, affecting multi-site or restricted HTML environments.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-12520?
CVE-2025-12520 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in jgwhite33 WP Airbnb Review Slider, published on 7 Nov 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The WP Airbnb Review Slider plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via admin settings in all versions up to, and including, 4.2 due to insufficient URL validation that allows users to pull in a malicious HTML file. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level permissions and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This only affects multi-site installations and installations where unfiltered_html has been disabled.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-12520?
How do I fix CVE-2025-12520?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-12520 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-2025-12520 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-12520 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-999f-q85h-g4q7.