CVE-2025-4670 Easy Digital Downloads <= 3.3.8.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via edd_receipt Shortcode
Authenticated attackers with contributor access can inject arbitrary scripts via the edd_receipt shortcode, leading to stored XSS execution on victim pages.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-4670?
CVE-2025-4670 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Awesomemotive Easy Digital Downloads, published on 29 May 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Easy Digital Downloads – eCommerce Payments and Subscriptions made easy plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's edd_receipt shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 3.3.8.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-4670?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Awesomemotive Easy Digital Downloads.
How do I fix CVE-2025-4670?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-4670 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-2025-4670 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-4670 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Awesomemotive Easy Digital Downloads
- CVE-2023-30869 WordPress Easy Digital Downloads Plugin 3.1-3.1.1.4.1 is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation
- CVE-2022-3600 Easy Digital Downloads < 3.1.0.2 - Unauthenticated CSV Injection
- CVE-2015-9324 SQL injection in n/a
- CVE-2024-5057 WordPress Easy Digital Downloads plugin <= 3.2.12 - SQL Injection vulnerability
- CVE-2022-2439 Deserialization in Easy Digital Downloads – eCommerce Payments and Subscriptions made easy
Sources
Also known as GHSA-9c2j-cwmf-39vw.