CVE-2025-13988: CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
The 评论小秘书 plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the `$_SERVER['PHP_SELF']` variable in all versions up to, and including, 1.3.2. This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on the `$_SERVER['PHP_SELF']` variable in the plugin's settings page. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
CVE-2025-13988 is a reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability in the 评论小秘书 WordPress plugin affecting all versions up to 1.3.2. The issue arises from improper neutralization of input in the $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] variable on the plugin's settings page, enabling injection of malicious scripts. An unauthenticated attacker can exploit this by crafting a URL that, when visited by a user, executes arbitrary JavaScript in the context of the affected site. The vulnerability is classified under CWE-79 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 6.1 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N).
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation allows an attacker to execute arbitrary scripts in the context of the affected website, potentially leading to limited confidentiality and integrity impacts such as theft of user session data or manipulation of displayed content. There is no impact on availability. The vulnerability requires user interaction (clicking a malicious link) and no privileges are needed to exploit it.
Mitigation Recommendations
No official patch or fix is currently available for this vulnerability. Users of the 评论小秘书 plugin should monitor the vendor's advisories for updates. As a temporary mitigation, avoid clicking on suspicious links that may exploit this vulnerability and consider disabling or removing the plugin until a fix is released.
CVE-2025-13988: CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Description
The 评论小秘书 plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the `$_SERVER['PHP_SELF']` variable in all versions up to, and including, 1.3.2. This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on the `$_SERVER['PHP_SELF']` variable in the plugin's settings page. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
CVE-2025-13988 is a reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability in the 评论小秘书 WordPress plugin affecting all versions up to 1.3.2. The issue arises from improper neutralization of input in the $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] variable on the plugin's settings page, enabling injection of malicious scripts. An unauthenticated attacker can exploit this by crafting a URL that, when visited by a user, executes arbitrary JavaScript in the context of the affected site. The vulnerability is classified under CWE-79 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 6.1 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N).
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation allows an attacker to execute arbitrary scripts in the context of the affected website, potentially leading to limited confidentiality and integrity impacts such as theft of user session data or manipulation of displayed content. There is no impact on availability. The vulnerability requires user interaction (clicking a malicious link) and no privileges are needed to exploit it.
Mitigation Recommendations
No official patch or fix is currently available for this vulnerability. Users of the 评论小秘书 plugin should monitor the vendor's advisories for updates. As a temporary mitigation, avoid clicking on suspicious links that may exploit this vulnerability and consider disabling or removing the plugin until a fix is released.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- Wordfence
- Date Reserved
- 2025-12-03T17:05:57.343Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 693b9187650da22753edbd48
Added to database: 12/12/2025, 3:52:39 AM
Last enriched: 4/9/2026, 9:44:47 AM
Last updated: 5/8/2026, 3:43:40 PM
Views: 76
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