The Pollcaster Shortcode Plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'height' parameter in the 'pollcaster' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 1.0. This is 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.
History

Mon, 24 Nov 2025 09:15:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Wordpress
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Vendors & Products Wordpress
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Fri, 21 Nov 2025 15:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

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


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Description The Pollcaster Shortcode Plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'height' parameter in the 'pollcaster' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 1.0. This is 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.
Title Pollcaster Shortcode Plugin <= 1.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode
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'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published: 2025-11-21T07:31:46.699Z

Updated: 2025-11-21T14:57:35.194Z

Reserved: 2025-11-03T20:59:50.859Z

Link: CVE-2025-12661

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-11-21T14:53:54.425Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-11-21T08:15:53.700

Modified: 2025-11-21T15:13:13.800

Link: CVE-2025-12661

cve-icon Redhat

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