CVE-2025-13311

MEDIUM 4.4 CVSS 3.1

Published: November 25, 2025
Last modified: October 18, 2026
NVD status: Deferred
Reported by: security@wordfence.com
Weakness: CWE-79
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Description

The Just Highlight plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'Highlight Color' setting in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.3 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses the plugin's settings page.

Affected WordPress components

just-highlight Plugin · just-highlight

Confirmed match Homeless

Up to and including 1.0.3
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A confirmed match is backed by the plugin or theme slug. A possible match is based on the product name only and should be verified.

Affected products and versions

sigalitam Just Highlight — Up to and including 1.0.3

References

plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/just-highlight/tags/1.0.3/just-highlight.php#L169
plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/just-highlight/trunk/just-highlight.php#L169
www.wordfence.com https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d21187bc-5bd0-49b9-9ef2-6654263cd93c?source=cve
nvd.nist.gov Official NVD record

WordPress CVEs

Description

Affected WordPress components

Affected products and versions

References