# CVE-2025-8113: Ebook Store < 5.8015 - Reflected XSS via $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']

> Reflected XSS in Ebook Store plugin allows attackers to execute scripts in victim browsers via unescaped request URI.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **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 available:** No
- **Published:** 16 Aug 2025
- **Updated:** 18 Aug 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-wpqf-xvqm-p9f4

## What is CVE-2025-8113?

CVE-2025-8113 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Ebook Store, published on 16 Aug 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

The Ebook Store WordPress plugin before 5.8015 does not escape the $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] parameter before outputting it back in an attribute, which could lead to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting in old web browsers.

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-8113?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Shopfiles Ebook Store.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-8113?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-8113 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-8113 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-8113 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Ebook Store

- [CVE-2023-22701](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-22701/): WordPress Ebook Store plugin <= 5.775 - Broken Authentication vulnerability (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2023-45602](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-45602/): WordPress Ebook Store Plugin <= 5.785 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) (high 7.1)
- [CVE-2024-11287](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-11287/): Ebook Store <= 5.8001 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2024-12262](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-12262/): Ebook Store <= 5.8001 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via 'step' (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2024-23501](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-23501/): WordPress Ebook Store Plugin <= 5.788 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) (medium 5.9)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-8113 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-8113 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Ebook Store, published on 16 Aug 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-8113 exists.

Affected product: Unknown Ebook Store. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-8113/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-8113/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-8113
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-8113
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-8113

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-8113/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.