SB2025080762 - Stored cross-site scripting in Campus Directory plugin for WordPress

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.

1) Stored cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-8313)

CWE-ID: CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear

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 "noaccess_msg" parameter. 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.svn.wordpress.org/campus-directory/tags/1.9.1/includes/emd-form-builder-lite/emd-form-frontend.php
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3337642
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/campus-directory/#developers
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ee031b29-a334-4df4-8c03-4ffd306e38ea?source=cve