PT-2025-24036 · WordPress · Wp Knowledgebase

Muhammad Yudha · Published 2025-06-06 · Updated 2025-06-06 · CVE-2025-5533

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.4

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Knowledge Base plugin for WordPress versions prior to 2.3.0

Description The issue arises from insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user-supplied attributes in the kbalert shortcode. This allows authenticated attackers with contributor-level access or higher to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages. These scripts will execute when a user accesses an injected page.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2.3.0, update to version 2.3.0 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the kbalert shortcode to prevent exploitation until a patch is applied.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2025-5533

Affected Products

Wp Knowledgebase

References · 5

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-5533 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cvetracker/25577 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1930880591031042149 · Twitter Post
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3306850%40knowledgebase&new=3306850%40knowledgebase&sfp_email=&sfph_mail= · Note
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/400564ba-70f8-4566-b2e7-cfa6450b609e?source=cve · Note