๐Ÿ” CVE Alert

CVE-2025-1489

MEDIUM 6.4

WP-Appbox <= 4.5.4 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via appbox Shortcode

CVSS Score
6.4
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

The WP-Appbox plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's appbox shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 4.5.4 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for 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.

CWE CWE-79
Vendor marcelismus
Product wp-appbox
Published Feb 21, 2025
Last Updated Apr 8, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability

Affected Versions

marcelismus / WP-Appbox
0 โ‰ค 4.5.4

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
wordfence.com: https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6d58355d-2762-4ecc-aec2-52a1e3323017?source=cve wordpress.org: https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-appbox/#developers plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3244084/

Credits

Krzysztof Zajฤ…c