---
id: CVE-2025-14888
title: >-
  The Simple User Meta Editor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored
  Cross-Site Scripting via the user meta value field in all versions up to, and
  including, 1.0.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping
summary: >-
  The Simple User Meta Editor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored
  Cross-Site Scripting via the user meta value field in all versions up to, and
  including, 1.0.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping.
  This make…
severity: medium
cvss: 4.4
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'
cwe:
  - CWE-79
published: '2026-01-07'
updated: '2026-09-30'
sourceUpdated: '2026-09-30T22:10:00.273'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-14888'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/simple-user-meta-editor/tags/1.0.0/includes/templates/editor/index.php#L57
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/37342a62-97cd-43ef-af27-33092e840e67?source=cve
    label: security@wordfence.com
tags:
  - nvd
epss: 0.00178
epssPercentile: 0.06659
ingestedAt: '2026-09-30T22:27:27.715Z'
---

## Overview

The Simple User Meta Editor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the user meta value field in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level access, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This only affects multi-site installations and installations where unfiltered_html has been disabled.

## Remediation

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