CVE-2025-48252 WordPress Back Button Widget plugin <= 1.6.8 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability
An attacker can inject malicious scripts via the Back Button Widget plugin, potentially compromising user sessions or site integrity.
- 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-2025-48252?
CVE-2025-48252 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in WPFactory Back Button Widget, published on 19 May 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 WPFactory Back Button Widget back-button-widget allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Back Button Widget: from n/a through <= 1.6.8.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-48252?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Wpfactory Back Button Widget.
How do I fix CVE-2025-48252?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-48252 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-2025-48252 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-48252 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in WPFactory Back Button Widget
Sources
Also known as GHSA-hjrr-xg22-g28q.