CVE-2025-0718: Nested Pages < 3.2.13 - Contributor+ Stored XSS

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2025-03-23 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The Nested Pages WordPress plugin before 3.2.13 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as contributors to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup).

Affected products

Nested Pages: before 3.2.13 — fixed in 3.2.13

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Nested Pages 3.2.13. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/69ddd8eb-33f1-49cf-9428-3d89262b1887/
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/69ddd8eb-33f1-49cf-9428-3d89262b1887/

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