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TI-2025-44019 Aliases CVE-2025-15701GHSA-5357-j85q-w34p

Stored cross-site scripting in Easy Social Icons WordPress plugin

Priority LOW 16CWE-79Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
High
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Cross-site scripting
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Low · Low · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.

Summary

The Easy Social Icons WordPress plugin before 4.0.3 does not sanitise or escape some of its settings before outputting them on front-end pages (CWE-79). A high-privilege user, such as an Administrator, could perform stored cross-site scripting when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed, for example on a multisite network. The references include a link to an exploit.

Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-06

Description from the CNA

The Easy Social Icons WordPress plugin before 4.0.3 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings before outputting them on front-end pages, which could allow high-privilege users such as Administrators to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed, for example on a multisite network.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00142 3rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by the CNA
Fix Fixed Easy Social Icons (Unknown): 4.0.3

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

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
UnknownEasy Social Iconsbefore 4.0.34.0.3Patch availableCNA
  • Easy Social Icons VendorUnknown Affected before 4.0.3 Fixed in 4.0.3 Patch available CNA

Remediation

Update the Easy Social Icons plugin to version 4.0.3, which fixes the flaw.

Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-06

  • Fix · CNA Easy Social Icons (Unknown) Fixed in 4.0.3

Fixed in the same release

Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.

  • Release ·

    Easy Social Icons 4.0.3

    2 records Highest priority Priority LOW 2 LOW

    Other records, highest priority first

    • TI-2026-85365 Easy Social Icons Author+ Stored XSS via SVG UploadPriority LOW 32
    Show all 2 records →

Timeline

  1. 2026-11-05 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-15701
  2. 2026-11-05 Alias added: GHSA-5357-j85q-w34p
  3. 2026-11-06 CVSS score added · CISA ADP
  4. 2026-11-06 Weakness changed · CISA ADP
  5. 2026-11-06 CISA SSVC decision points changed

References

Exploit 1

Sources

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