XSS in Marcdk Game Review Block
CVE-2025-5923
The Game Review Block plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘className’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 4.8.1 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)
EPSS: 0.002 (14.0th 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
- Marcdk Game Review Block — versions 0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2025-5923?
- CVE-2025-5923 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Marcdk Game Review Block, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.4/10. Published 2025-06-13.
- How severe is CVE-2025-5923?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.4 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2025-5923 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.