Telegram Bot & Channel <= 4.1 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Telegram Username
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Cross-site scripting
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.
Summary
The Telegram Bot & Channel plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the Telegram username in all versions up to, and including, 4.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-13068
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-mhf4-25mj-9r4x
References
More milmor vulnerabilities
- TI-2024-10903 WP SPID Italia <= 2.9 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.4
- TI-2022-04562 Freemius SDK <= 2.4.2 - Missing Authorization Checks CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.3
- TI-2025-04557 WP Attachments <= 5.0.12 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via attachment_id Parameter CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
- TI-2025-04558 Amministrazione Trasparente <= 9.0 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via print_r Function CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5
Sources
- CVE-2025-13068 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-13068 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-mhf4-25mj-9r4x · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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