Multiple Pages Generator by Themeisle before 4.2.5 Stored XSS via Shortcode base-url
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- Last modified
- Where the record stands: published, rejected by its publisher, or superseded by another id.What do these mean? →
- published
- Whether CISA lists it in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: proof that attackers are using it.What do these mean? →
- Not listed in CISA KEV
- Fix
- Fixed in 4.2.5
- Whether working attack code is public (Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or GitHub). Public code makes attacks easier.What do these mean? →
- None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
Summary
The Multiple Pages Generator plugin for WordPress, prior to version 4.2.5, is affected. A user with Contributor-level access can store malicious scripts through a shortcode attribute, which then run in the browser of an administrator who views the affected page.
Summarized by anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5. Verify details against the original sources.
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Multiple Pages Generator by Themeisle before 4.2.5 contains a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability that allows Contributor-level users to inject script via the [mpg] and [mpg_match] shortcode base-url attribute. Attackers can store entity-encoded payloads that pass kses but are decoded by html_entity_decode() and rendered unescaped through {{mpg_url}}, executing script in administrators' browsers.
Timeline
- CVE published
- First seen by cve.now
Affected versions
- Themeisle Multiple Pages Generator by Themeisle
fixed in 4.2.5