CVE-2025-1452 Favorites < 2.3.5 - Admin+ Stored XSS
Admin users can inject malicious scripts via unsanitized settings in the Favorites WordPress plugin, bypassing unfiltered_html restrictions in multisite setups.
- 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-2025-1452?
CVE-2025-1452 is a low-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Favorites, published on 25 Mar 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The Favorites WordPress plugin before 2.3.5 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup).
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-1452?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Favoriteposts Favorites.
How do I fix CVE-2025-1452?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-1452 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-2025-1452 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-1452 exists.
Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Favorites
Sources
Also known as GHSA-rgxv-4464-wf8w.