PT-2025-24039 · WordPress · Bns Featured Category

Muhammad Yudha · Published 2025-06-06 · Updated 2025-06-06 · CVE-2025-5538

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 BNS Featured Category plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 2.8.2

Description The issue is related to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's 'bnsfc' shortcode due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user-supplied attributes. This allows authenticated attackers with contributor-level access and above to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Recommendations For versions up to, and including, 2.8.2, consider disabling the 'bnsfc' shortcode until a patch is available to prevent exploitation. As a temporary workaround, restrict access to pages that use the 'bnsfc' shortcode to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2025-5538

Affected Products

Bns Featured Category

References · 5

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-5538 · Security Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/bns-featured-category/trunk/bns-featured-category.php#L1060 · Note
• https://t.me/cvetracker/25580 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1930880582520873380 · Twitter Post
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a9a9bec8-7a76-4819-91c7-d9fdae3d94de?source=cve · Note