XSS in Favoriteposts Favorites
CVE-2025-1452
The Favorites WordPress plugin before 2.3.5 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup).
Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 3.5 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.003 (16.1th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 16th percentile — 16.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: +0.000
Affected products
- Favoriteposts Favorites
- Favorites — versions 0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- wpscan.com/vulnerability/47365daf-7ef5-471a-ab0e-f6d1b40ca56c/ (Exploit, technical-description, Third Party Advisory, exploit, vdb-entry)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2025-1452?
- CVE-2025-1452 is a low-severity vulnerability in Favoriteposts Favorites, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 3.5/10. Published 2025-03-25.
- How severe is CVE-2025-1452?
- Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.5 out of 10.