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CVE-2025-6236: Hostel < 1.1.5.9 - Admin+ Stored XSS
Description
The Hostel WordPress plugin before 1.1.5.9 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup).
Classification
CVE ID: CVE-2025-6236
Problem Types
CWE-79 Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)Affected Products
Vendor: Unknown
Product: Hostel
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
EPSS Score: 0.03% (probability of being exploited)
EPSS Percentile: 5.75% (scored less or equal to compared to others)
EPSS Date: 2025-07-16 (when was this score calculated)
References
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-6236https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/ff4d312b-a4d1-40cd-a555-a0a1b46f9959/