SecuriTricks - CVE-2025-28253

Description

Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in MainWP MainWP Dashboard v5.3.4 exists in class/class-mainwp-post-handler.php, where unsanitized user input from $_POST['sites'], $_POST['clients'], and $_POST['search'] is passed into the MainWP_User::render_table function. Despite using sanitize_text_field and wp_unslash, the values are not adequately protected against HTML or script injection. This flaw could allow an attacker to inject malicious scripts.

Product(s) Impacted

Vendor	Product	Versions
Mainwp	Mainwp Dashboard	5.3.4

Weaknesses

Common security weaknesses mapped to this vulnerability.

CWE-79

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users.

*CPE(s)

Affected systems and software identified for this CVE.

Type	Vendor	Product	Version	Update	Edition	Language	Software Edition	Target Software	Target Hardware	Other Information
a	mainwp	mainwp_dashboard	5.3.4	/	/	/	/	/	/	/

References

https://github.com/edwin-0990/CVE_ID/tree/main/CVE-2025-28253

CVSS Score

6.1 / 10

CVSS Data - 3.1

Attack Vector: NETWORK
Attack Complexity: LOW
Privileges Required: NONE
Scope: CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact: LOW
Integrity Impact: LOW
Availability Impact: NONE

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

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Timeline

Published: March 27, 2025, 11:15 p.m.
Last Modified: March 28, 2025, 6:11 p.m.

Status : Awaiting Analysis

CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.

More info

Source

cve@mitre.org

CVE-2025-28253