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).
Published: 2025-07-10
Score: 4.8 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2025-20896 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).
History

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

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00025}

 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': 0.00025}

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

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/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

Type Values Removed Values Added
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).
Title Hostel < 1.1.5.9 - Admin+ Stored XSS
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Kibokolabs Hostel
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published:

Updated: 2025-07-10T14:18:40.730Z

Reserved: 2025-06-18T13:43:15.406Z

Link: CVE-2025-6236

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-07-10T14:18:32.434Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2025-07-10T06:15:22.350

Modified: 2025-07-11T18:28:45.253

Link: CVE-2025-6236

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses