Description
The Zotpress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘nickname’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 7.3.15 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Published: 2025-06-11
Score: 6.4 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: Stored Cross‑Site Scripting (XSS) via the nickname field
Action: Apply Patch
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2025-18085 The Zotpress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘nickname’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 7.3.15 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
History

Wed, 08 Apr 2026 17:00:00 +0000

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References

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

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Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00036}

epss

{'score': 0.00042}


Wed, 11 Jun 2025 14:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 11 Jun 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description The Zotpress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘nickname’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 7.3.15 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Title ZotPress <= 7.3.15 - Authenticated (Author+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'nickname'
Weaknesses CWE-79
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-08T16:35:57.360Z

Reserved: 2025-05-13T19:53:37.213Z

Link: CVE-2025-4666

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-06-11T13:25:41.785Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2025-06-11T04:15:53.280

Modified: 2026-04-15T00:35:42.020

Link: CVE-2025-4666

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-04-28T01:30:17Z

Weaknesses