What is CVE-2025-8615?

CVE-2025-8615 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cubewp1211 Cubewp Framework, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.4/10. Published 2026-01-17.

How severe is CVE-2025-8615?

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

XSS in Cubewp1211 Cubewp Framework

CVE-2025-8615

The CubeWP plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's cubewp_shortcode_taxonomy shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 1.1.26 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 (8.4th 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

Cubewp1211 Cubewp Framework — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-8615?: CVE-2025-8615 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cubewp1211 Cubewp Framework, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.4/10. Published 2026-01-17.
How severe is CVE-2025-8615?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.4 out of 10.