What is CVE-2025-6234?

CVE-2025-6234 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Kibokolabs Hostel, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2025-07-10.

How severe is CVE-2025-6234?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

XSS in Kibokolabs Hostel

CVE-2025-6234

The Hostel WordPress plugin before 1.1.5.8 does not sanitise and escape a parameter before outputting it back in the page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting which could be used against high privilege users such as admin.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.002 (13.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Kibokolabs Hostel
Unknown Hostel — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

contact@wpscan.com (Exploit, technical-description, Third Party Advisory, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-6234?: CVE-2025-6234 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Kibokolabs Hostel, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2025-07-10.
How severe is CVE-2025-6234?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.