CVE-2025-26880 WordPress SKT Skill Bar plugin <= 2.3 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
A stored XSS vulnerability in the SKT Skill Bar WordPress plugin allows attackers to inject malicious scripts, potentially leading to session hijacking or site defacement.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-26880?
CVE-2025-26880 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in sonalsinha21 SKT Skill Bar, published on 15 Apr 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in sonalsinha21 SKT Skill Bar skt-skill-bar allows Stored XSS.This issue affects SKT Skill Bar: from n/a through <= 2.3.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-26880?
How do I fix CVE-2025-26880?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-26880 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-2025-26880 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-26880 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-qxr8-wmc9-gc6q.