PT-2025-47694 · WordPress · Padlet Shortcode

Zakaria · Published 2025-11-21 · Updated 2025-11-21 · CVE-2025-12660

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 Padlet Shortcode plugin for WordPress versions prior to 1.4

Description The software contains a Stored Cross-Site Scripting issue due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user-supplied attributes. This allows authenticated attackers with contributor-level access or higher to inject arbitrary web scripts into pages. These scripts will execute when a user accesses the injected page. The vulnerability exists via the key parameter in the 'wallwisher' shortcode.

Recommendations Update the Padlet Shortcode plugin to version 1.4 or later.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2025-12660

Affected Products

Padlet Shortcode

References · 6

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-12660 · Security Note
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1991819240114962703 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1991784283308962286 · Twitter Post
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wallwisher-shortcode/tags/1.3/wallwisher.php#L22 · Note
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/09989141-43ba-446c-8230-0485add7a1e2?source=cve · Note
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/wallwisher-shortcode · Note