{"id":"CVE-2025-13739","title":"The CryptX plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's `cryptx` shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 4.0.5 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attr…","summary":"The CryptX plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's `cryptx` shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 4.0.5 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attr…","severity":"medium","cvss":6.4,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","cwe":["CWE-79"],"published":"2025-12-05","updated":"2026-09-25","sourceUpdated":"2026-09-25T23:10:00.463","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-13739","references":[{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/cryptx/tags/4.0.4/classes/CryptX.php#L1295","label":"security@wordfence.com"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/cryptx/tags/4.0.4/classes/CryptX.php#L149","label":"security@wordfence.com"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/cryptx/tags/4.0.4/classes/CryptX.php#L237","label":"security@wordfence.com"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/cryptx/tags/4.0.4/classes/CryptX.php#L604","label":"security@wordfence.com"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3416363%40cryptx&new=3416363%40cryptx&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=","label":"security@wordfence.com"},{"url":"https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2f8cb7d7-eb40-403e-85de-c16200ee424d?source=cve","label":"security@wordfence.com"}],"tags":["nvd"],"epss":0.00304,"epssPercentile":0.20653,"ingestedAt":"2026-09-25T23:21:16.892Z","slug":"CVE-2025-13739","body":"## Overview\n\nThe CryptX plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's `cryptx` shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 4.0.5 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.\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":35,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":35.2,"likelihood":0.1,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}