What is CVE-2025-6462?

CVE-2025-6462 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ieonly Ez SQL Reports Shortcode Widget And Db Backup, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.4/10. Published 2025-06-29.

How severe is CVE-2025-6462?

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

XSS in Ieonly Ez SQL Reports Shortcode Widget And Db Backup

CVE-2025-6462

The EZ SQL Reports Shortcode Widget and DB Backup plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's SQLREPORT shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 5.25.11 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 (10.5th 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

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-6462?: CVE-2025-6462 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ieonly Ez SQL Reports Shortcode Widget And Db Backup, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.4/10. Published 2025-06-29.
How severe is CVE-2025-6462?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.4 out of 10.