---
id: CVE-2025-10178
title: >-
  The CM Business Directory plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored
  Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's 'cmbd_featured_image' shortcode in all
  versions up to, and including, 1.5.2 due to insufficient input sanitization
  and output es…
summary: >-
  The CM Business Directory plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored
  Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's 'cmbd_featured_image' shortcode in all
  versions up to, and including, 1.5.2 due to insufficient input sanitization
  and output es…
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: '2025-09-26'
updated: '2026-10-11'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-11T20:10:00.200'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-10178'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/cm-business-directory/tags/1.5.2/frontend/cm-business-directory-business-page-sc.php#L289
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/cm-business-directory/trunk/frontend/cm-business-directory-business-page-sc.php#L289
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/cm-business-directory/trunk/frontend/cm-business-directory-business-page-sc.php?rev=3364840#L280
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: 'https://wordpress.org/plugins/cm-business-directory/'
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2c1ecd71-57ed-44ba-a007-3b96b98d3bf7?source=cve
    label: security@wordfence.com
tags:
  - nvd
epss: 0.00239
epssPercentile: 0.13798
ingestedAt: '2026-10-12T14:50:34.000Z'
---

## Overview

The CM Business Directory plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's 'cmbd_featured_image' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 1.5.2 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.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.