XSS in Tablepress
CVE-2025-5096
The TablePress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to DOM-Based Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'data-caption', 'data-s-content-padding', 'data-s-title', and 'data-footer' data-attributes in all versions up to, and including, 3.1.2 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. 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.
Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)
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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.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (31.9th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 32nd percentile — 31.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: +0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/cd2dfa02-0404-4300-a5ed-6326f… (Third Party Advisory)
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tablepress/tags/3.1.2/js/jquery.datatables.m… (Product)
- github.com/DataTables/DataTablesSrc/blob/29539c40504365bc4be0599e4b0739cf270a2e… (Product)
- wordpress.org/plugins/tablepress/ (Product)
- datatables.net/ (Product)
- github.com/DataTables/DataTablesSrc/commit/d278ed307035cb8740d2fad86b7cbb995380… (Patch)
- github.com/DataTables/DataTablesSrc/commit/d558328106bef2d48dfc4cf78581dd106f5c… (Patch)
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3298453/tablepress (Patch)
- tablepress.org/release-announcement-tablepress-3-1-3/ (Release Notes)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2025-5096?
- CVE-2025-5096 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Tablepress, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.4/10. Published 2025-05-23.
- How severe is CVE-2025-5096?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.4 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2025-5096 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.