---
id: CVE-2025-13958
title: >-
  The YaMaps for WordPress Plugin WordPress plugin before 0.6.40 does not
  validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them
  back in a page/post where the shortcode is embed, which could allow users with
  the contri…
summary: >-
  The YaMaps for WordPress Plugin WordPress plugin before 0.6.40 does not
  validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them
  back in a page/post where the shortcode is embed, which could allow users with
  the contri…
severity: medium
cvss: 5.9
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L'
published: '2025-12-29'
updated: '2026-10-07'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-07T12:10:00.170'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-13958'
references:
  - url: 'https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/0d4bb338-f0d0-4b57-8664-1b8cba7cbe52/'
    label: contact@wpscan.com
tags:
  - nvd
epss: 0.0017
epssPercentile: 0.05792
ingestedAt: '2026-10-07T12:29:01.328Z'
---

## Overview

The YaMaps for WordPress Plugin WordPress plugin before 0.6.40 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in a page/post where the shortcode is embed, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.

## Remediation

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