CVE-2025-57989: WordPress WordPress Widgets Shortcode Plugin <= 1.0.3 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2025-09-22 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Brajesh Singh WordPress Widgets Shortcode wp-widgets-shortcode allows Stored XSS.This issue affects WordPress Widgets Shortcode: from n/a through <= 1.0.3.

Affected products

Brajesh Singh WordPress Widgets Shortcode: through 1.0.3

References

https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/wp-widgets-shortcode/vulnerability/wordpress-wordpress-widgets-shortcode-plugin-1-0-3-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

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