CVE-2025-15698 Business Name Generator <= 1.3 - Admin+ Stored XSS via Button Color Setting

Low 3.5 Published Updated

Admin users can inject malicious scripts via button color settings in the Business Name Generator plugin, affecting multisite 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-2025-15698?

CVE-2025-15698 is a low-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Business Name Generator, published on 19 Sep 2026. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

The Business Name Generator WordPress plugin through 1.3 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-2025-15698?

How do I fix CVE-2025-15698?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-15698 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-2025-15698 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-15698 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-j4x3-rc4j-f623.

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