Hide Email Address <= 0.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode Attributes
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- 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 Hide Email Address plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'inline_css' parameter in the `bg-hide-email-address` shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 0.1 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.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| buntegiraffe | Hide Email Address | up to 0.1 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- Hide Email Address Vendorbuntegiraffe Affected up to 0.1 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-13884
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-5pfw-wgmp-5g2g
References
Other 3
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a770ab37-127a-4018-9ffa-1b326d5a016e?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/bg-hide-email-address/trunk/BgHideEmailAddress.php#L101
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/bg-hide-email-address/tags/0.1/BgHideEmailAddress.php#L101
Sources
- CVE-2025-13884 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-13884 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-5pfw-wgmp-5g2g · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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