CVE-2025-5703: StageShow <= 10.0.3 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via anchor Parameter

6.4 CVSS

Description

The StageShow plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘anchor’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 10.0.3 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.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2025-5703

CVSS Base Severity: MEDIUM

CVSS Base Score: 6.4

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Problem Types

CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Affected Products

Vendor: malcolm-oph

Product: StageShow

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.03% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 6.34% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-06-06 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-5703
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6543b8ad-e3f3-43c7-93f9-23f7df07e391?source=cve
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/stageshow/trunk/include/stageshowlib_salesplugin.php#L424
https://wordpress.org/plugins/stageshow/#developers

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