PT-2026-1571 · WordPress · Simple User Meta Editor

Bhumividh Treloges · Published 2026-01-07 · Updated 2026-01-07 · CVE-2025-14888

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

4.4

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Simple User Meta Editor versions prior to 1.0.1

Description The Simple User Meta Editor plugin for WordPress has a flaw that allows an attacker to inject malicious web scripts into pages viewed by users. This is due to a lack of proper sanitization and escaping of user-provided data. Specifically, the user meta value field is susceptible to this issue. The flaw requires administrator-level access and only impacts multi-site installations or those where unfiltered html is disabled. An authenticated attacker can exploit this to execute arbitrary scripts when a user accesses an injected page.

Recommendations Update Simple User Meta Editor to version 1.0.1 or later.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2025-14888

Affected Products

Simple User Meta Editor

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-14888 · Security Note
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/37342a62-97cd-43ef-af27-33092e840e67?source=cve · Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/simple-user-meta-editor/tags/1.0.0/includes/templates/editor/index.php#L57 · Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/2008795330616123490 · Twitter Post