{"id":"CVE-2025-13840","title":"The BUKAZU Search widget plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'shortcode' parameter of the 'bukazu_search' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 3.3.2 due to insufficient input sanitization …","summary":"The BUKAZU Search widget plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'shortcode' parameter of the 'bukazu_search' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 3.3.2 due to insufficient input sanitization …","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":"2025-12-12","updated":"2026-10-07","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-07T20:10:01.970","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-13840","references":[{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/bukazu-search-widget/tags/3.3.2/bukazu-widget.php#L277","label":"security@wordfence.com"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/bukazu-search-widget/trunk/bukazu-widget.php#L277","label":"security@wordfence.com"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3427947/","label":"security@wordfence.com"},{"url":"https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a666d0e4-4fa7-4794-b270-afbccf5036c6?source=cve","label":"security@wordfence.com"}],"tags":["nvd"],"epss":0.0028,"epssPercentile":0.18702,"ingestedAt":"2026-10-07T20:46:46.876Z","slug":"CVE-2025-13840","body":"## Overview\n\nThe BUKAZU Search widget plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'shortcode' parameter of the 'bukazu_search' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 3.3.2 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":[]}