SB2025050529 - Stored cross-site scripting in Taxonomy Chain Menu plugin for WordPress
Published: May 5, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB2025050529
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Stored cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-3748)
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data in the pn_chain_menu shortcode. A remote user can inject and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/taxonomy-chain-menu/trunk/index.php#L190
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3284354/
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/taxonomy-chain-menu/#developers
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/25afc28c-2814-4b49-add5-1d0ce5ff3a07?source=cve