---
id: CVE-2025-13885
title: >-
  The Zenost Shortcodes plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site
  Scripting via the 'link' and 'target' parameters in the `button` shortcode in
  all versions up to, and including, 1.0 due to insufficient input sanitization
  and…
summary: >-
  The Zenost Shortcodes plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site
  Scripting via the 'link' and 'target' parameters in the `button` shortcode in
  all versions up to, and including, 1.0 due to insufficient input sanitization
  and…
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-2025-13885'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/zenost-shortcodes/tags/1.0/inc/shortcodes.php#L25
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/zenost-shortcodes/trunk/inc/shortcodes.php#L25
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c88d378a-6c58-4670-b0b6-0e0d51c39bd1?source=cve
    label: security@wordfence.com
tags:
  - nvd
epss: 0.00216
epssPercentile: 0.10944
ingestedAt: '2026-10-07T20:46:46.878Z'
---

## Overview

The Zenost Shortcodes plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'link' and 'target' parameters in the `button` shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 1.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. 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.