CVE-2025-8623
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

The WeedMaps Menu for WordPress plugin is affected by a Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability (CVE-2025-8623) in versions up to and including 1.2.0. The vulnerability exists in the plugin's weedmaps_menu shortcode due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user-supplied attributes. The vulnerability was discovered and disclosed on September 29, 2025 (Wordfence).

Technical details

The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 6.4 (Medium) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N. The security flaw is classified as CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation) (NVD).

Impact

This vulnerability allows authenticated attackers with contributor-level access or higher to inject arbitrary web scripts into pages. These malicious scripts will execute whenever a user accesses the compromised page (NVD).

Mitigation and workarounds

The plugin has been temporarily closed as of September 26, 2025, pending a full security review. Users are advised to disable the plugin until a patched version is released (WordPress Plugin).

Additional resources


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