CVE-2025-28895 WordPress Custom top bar plugin <= 2.1 - Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability
A stored XSS vulnerability in the Custom top bar WordPress plugin allows attackers to inject malicious scripts, potentially leading to session hijacking or code execution.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-28895?
CVE-2025-28895 is a high-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Suman Biswas Custom top bar, published on 11 Mar 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, 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 Suman Biswas Custom top bar custom-top-bar allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Custom top bar: from n/a through <= 2.1.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-28895?
How do I fix CVE-2025-28895?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-28895 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-2025-28895 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-28895 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-xpq2-2hq8-6f42.