CVE-2025-3748
MEDIUM
5.4
CVSS 3.1
Description
The Taxonomy Chain Menu plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's pn_chain_menu shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.8 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. 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.
Affected WordPress components
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Taxonomy Chain Menu Plugin · taxonomy-chain-menuUp to and including 1.0.8View on WordPress.org
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
- realmag777 Taxonomy Chain Menu — Up to and including 1.0.8
- pluginus taxonomy_chain_menu — Up to and including 1.0.8
References
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/taxonomy-chain-menu/trunk/index.php#L190 Product
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3284354/ Patch
- wordpress.org https://wordpress.org/plugins/taxonomy-chain-menu/#developers Product
- www.wordfence.com https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/25afc28c-2814-4b49-add5-1d0ce5ff3a07?source=cve Third Party Advisory
- nvd.nist.gov Official NVD record