---
id: CVE-2025-13608
title: >-
  The CC Child Pages plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site
  Scripting via the 'child_pages' shortcode in all versions up to, and
  including, 2.0.0
summary: >-
  The CC Child Pages plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site
  Scripting via the 'child_pages' shortcode in all versions up to, and
  including, 2.0.0. This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output
  escaping on four …
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: '2025-12-15'
updated: '2026-10-07'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-07T19:10:00.160'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-13608'
references:
  - url: 'https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3403877/cc-child-pages'
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/139009b5-69d4-44ca-820c-766645828e5e?source=cve
    label: security@wordfence.com
tags:
  - nvd
epss: 0.0018
epssPercentile: 0.06908
ingestedAt: '2026-10-07T19:44:15.686Z'
---

## Overview

The CC Child Pages plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'child_pages' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 2.0.0. This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on four user-supplied attributes (use_custom_link, use_custom_link_target, use_custom_thumbs, and use_custom_excerpt) in the 'show_child_pages' function. 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.