CVE-2025-28906 WordPress Skitter Slideshow plugin <= 2.5.2 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
Stored XSS in Skitter Slideshow allows attackers to inject malicious scripts, potentially compromising user sessions and site integrity.
- 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-2025-28906?
CVE-2025-28906 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Thiago S.F. Skitter Slideshow, published on 11 Mar 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, 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 Thiago S.F. Skitter Slideshow wp-skitter-slideshow allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Skitter Slideshow: from n/a through <= 2.5.2.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-28906?
How do I fix CVE-2025-28906?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-28906 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-2025-28906 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-28906 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Nuclei template.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-2v39-r86v-x85c.