CVE-2025-14449: CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') in bookingalgorithms BA Book Everything
The BA Book Everything plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's babe-search-form shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 1.8.14 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.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
CVE-2025-14449 is a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability in the BA Book Everything WordPress plugin caused by improper neutralization of input during web page generation (CWE-79). The issue exists in the babe-search-form shortcode, where user-supplied attributes are not properly sanitized or escaped. Authenticated attackers with contributor or higher privileges can inject arbitrary scripts that execute in the context of users visiting the compromised pages. This vulnerability affects all versions up to and including 1.8.14.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation allows authenticated users with contributor-level access or above to inject malicious scripts that execute in other users' browsers. This can lead to session hijacking, defacement, or other client-side attacks. The vulnerability does not affect availability and has limited impact on confidentiality and integrity as per the CVSS vector.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until an official fix is released, restrict contributor-level access to trusted users only and consider disabling or removing the vulnerable shortcode if possible.
CVE-2025-14449: CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') in bookingalgorithms BA Book Everything
Description
The BA Book Everything plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's babe-search-form shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 1.8.14 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.
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
CVE-2025-14449 is a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability in the BA Book Everything WordPress plugin caused by improper neutralization of input during web page generation (CWE-79). The issue exists in the babe-search-form shortcode, where user-supplied attributes are not properly sanitized or escaped. Authenticated attackers with contributor or higher privileges can inject arbitrary scripts that execute in the context of users visiting the compromised pages. This vulnerability affects all versions up to and including 1.8.14.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation allows authenticated users with contributor-level access or above to inject malicious scripts that execute in other users' browsers. This can lead to session hijacking, defacement, or other client-side attacks. The vulnerability does not affect availability and has limited impact on confidentiality and integrity as per the CVSS vector.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until an official fix is released, restrict contributor-level access to trusted users only and consider disabling or removing the vulnerable shortcode if possible.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- Wordfence
- Date Reserved
- 2025-12-10T14:11:04.227Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 6944f80919341fe18889df18
Added to database: 12/19/2025, 7:00:25 AM
Last enriched: 4/9/2026, 9:16:18 PM
Last updated: 5/10/2026, 3:25:55 AM
Views: 169
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