Description
The Hostel WordPress plugin before 1.1.5.8 does not sanitise and escape a parameter before outputting it back in the page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting which could be used against high privilege users such as admin.
Published: 2025-07-10
Score: 6.1 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2025-20897 The Hostel WordPress plugin before 1.1.5.8 does not sanitise and escape a parameter before outputting it back in the page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting which could be used against high privilege users such as admin.
History

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00027}

 epss

{'score': 0.0003}

Sat, 12 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00028}

 epss

{'score': 0.00027}

Fri, 11 Jul 2025 18:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Kibokolabs
Kibokolabs hostel
Weaknesses CWE-79
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:kibokolabs:hostel:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
Vendors & Products Kibokolabs
Kibokolabs hostel

Fri, 11 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00018}

 epss

{'score': 0.00028}

Thu, 10 Jul 2025 15:15:00 +0000

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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Thu, 10 Jul 2025 06:15:00 +0000

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Description The Hostel WordPress plugin before 1.1.5.8 does not sanitise and escape a parameter before outputting it back in the page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting which could be used against high privilege users such as admin.
Title Hostel < 1.1.5.8 - Reflected XSS
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Kibokolabs Hostel
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published:

Updated: 2025-07-10T14:17:06.329Z

Reserved: 2025-06-18T13:38:41.472Z

Link: CVE-2025-6234

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-07-10T14:16:59.793Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2025-07-10T06:15:21.897

Modified: 2025-07-11T18:29:08.090

Link: CVE-2025-6234

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses