PT-2025-12851 · WordPress · Sh Email Alert

Johannes Skamletz + 1 · Published 2025-03-26 · Updated 2025-03-26 · CVE-2025-2165

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.1

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions SH Email Alert plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 1.0

Description The issue is related to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the mid parameter due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This allows unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

Recommendations For SH Email Alert plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 1.0, consider updating to a version that addresses the insufficient input sanitization and output escaping issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the mid parameter to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2025-2165

Affected Products

Sh Email Alert

References · 8

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-2165 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cvedetector/21146 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/116266 · Telegram Post
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/dc20180b-4665-4ade-b512-b0f0148200e7?source=cve · Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1904735500344148316 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvetracker/19929 · Telegram Post
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/sh-email-alert/tags/1.0/manage.php#L156 · Note
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/sh-email-alert · Note