Stored cross-site scripting in Live Composer WordPress plugin
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
Live Composer WordPress plugin versions before 2.1.23 are affected. The plugin does not sanitise or escape some custom post type slug settings before using them in front-end links, which is classified as CWE-79. A high privilege user such as an admin can store script that runs in other users' browsers even when unfiltered_html is disallowed, for example in a multisite setup. A public exploit is linked in the references.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-07
Description from the CNA
The Live Composer WordPress plugin before 2.1.23 does not sanitise and escape some of its custom post type slug settings before using them in front-end links, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in a multisite setup).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Live Composer | before 2.1.23 | 2.1.23 | Patch available | CNA |
- Live Composer VendorUnknown Affected before 2.1.23 Fixed in 2.1.23 Patch available CNA
Remediation
Update Live Composer to version 2.1.23, which fixes the issue.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-07
- Fix · CNA Live Composer (Unknown) Fixed in 2.1.23
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
Live Composer 2.1.23
2 records Highest priority Priority LOW 2 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-86422 Stored XSS in Live Composer plugin via post module paginationPriority LOW 31
Timeline
- 2026-11-07 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-15708
- 2026-11-07 Alias added: GHSA-q2pq-rwvm-qmrr
- 2026-11-07 CVSS score added · CISA ADP
- 2026-11-07 Weakness changed · CISA ADP
- 2026-11-07 CISA SSVC decision points changed
References
Sources
- CVE-2025-15708 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-15708 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-q2pq-rwvm-qmrr · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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