CVE-2025-58260: WordPress Highlight and Share – Social Text and Image Sharing plugin <= 5.1.1 - 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 2026-10-11
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Ronald Huereca Highlight and Share highlight-and-share allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Highlight and Share: from n/a through <= 5.1.1.

Affected products

Ronald Huereca Highlight and Share: through 5.1.1

References

https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/highlight-and-share/vulnerability/wordpress-highlight-and-share-social-text-and-image-sharing-plugin-5-1-1-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

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