What is CVE-2025-14893?

CVE-2025-14893 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Indieweb, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.4/10. Published 2026-01-09.

How severe is CVE-2025-14893?

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

Is CVE-2025-14893 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

XSS in Indieweb

CVE-2025-14893

The IndieWeb plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'Telephone' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 4.0.5 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with author level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.002 (10.7th 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

Indieweb — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

d3kc4rt1/CVE-2025-14893

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-14893?: CVE-2025-14893 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Indieweb, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.4/10. Published 2026-01-09.
How severe is CVE-2025-14893?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.4 out of 10.
Is CVE-2025-14893 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.