CVE-2025-66090 WordPress SKT Skill Bar plugin <= 2.5 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

Medium 6.5 Published Updated

An attacker can inject malicious scripts into the SKT Skill Bar 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-2025-66090?

CVE-2025-66090 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in sonalsinha21 SKT Skill Bar, published on 21 Nov 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 DOM-Based XSS.This issue affects SKT Skill Bar: from n/a through <= 2.5.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-66090?

How do I fix CVE-2025-66090?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-66090 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-2025-66090 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-66090 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-jw6h-h7r6-gcp8.

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