What is CVE-2025-5488?

CVE-2025-5488 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Kaushik07 Wp Masonry & Infinite Scroll, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.4/10. Published 2025-06-26.

How severe is CVE-2025-5488?

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

XSS in Kaushik07 Wp Masonry & Infinite Scroll

CVE-2025-5488

The WP Masonry & Infinite Scroll plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's 'wmis' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 2.2 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.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.002 (11.2th 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

Kaushik07 Wp Masonry & Infinite Scroll — versions 0
Kaushik07 Wp_masonry_\&_infinite_scroll

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

security@wordfence.com (Third Party Advisory)
security@wordfence.com (Product)
security@wordfence.com (Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-5488?: CVE-2025-5488 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Kaushik07 Wp Masonry & Infinite Scroll, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.4/10. Published 2025-06-26.
How severe is CVE-2025-5488?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.4 out of 10.