What is CVE-2025-12753?

CVE-2025-12753 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Sagortouch Chart Expert, classified under Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page (Basic XSS). CVSS score: 6.4/10. Published 2025-11-11.

How severe is CVE-2025-12753?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.4 out of 10.

XSS in Sagortouch Chart Expert

CVE-2025-12753

The Chart Expert plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'pmzez_chart' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 1.0. This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied shortcode 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.

EPSS: 0.002 (11.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Sagortouch Chart Expert — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-80 — Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page (Basic XSS)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-12753?: CVE-2025-12753 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Sagortouch Chart Expert, classified under Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page (Basic XSS). CVSS score: 6.4/10. Published 2025-11-11.
How severe is CVE-2025-12753?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.4 out of 10.