CVE-2025-9493 Admin Menu Editor <= 1.14 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via placeholder Parameter
Authenticated attackers can inject arbitrary scripts via the placeholder parameter, leading to stored XSS execution for other users.
- 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-2025-9493?
CVE-2025-9493 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in whiteshadow Admin Menu Editor, published on 6 Sep 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Admin Menu Editor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘placeholder’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.14 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-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-2025-9493?
How do I fix CVE-2025-9493?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-9493 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-2025-9493 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-9493 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-57h5-cm9h-h88j.