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)

Published 2025-07-10 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (12.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 12th percentile — 12.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Kibokolabs Hostel
Hostel — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

wpscan.com/vulnerability/7447c4e1-81b9-4415-b425-27491ff692b2/ (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.