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CVE-2025-9333: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

The Smart Docs plugin for WordPress contains a Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability (CVE-2025-9333) discovered on October 2, 2025. This vulnerability affects all versions up to and including 1.1.1. The issue specifically impacts multi-site installations and installations where unfiltered_html has been disabled (NVD).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (CWE-79) issue that exists in the admin settings due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. The vulnerability has received a CVSS v3.1 base score of 5.5 (Medium) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N (NVD).

Impact

When exploited, this vulnerability allows authenticated attackers with administrator-level permissions to inject arbitrary web scripts into pages. These malicious scripts will execute whenever a user accesses the compromised page (NVD).

Mitigation and workarounds

The vulnerability has been addressed in version 1.1.2 of the Smart Docs plugin, released on October 2, 2025. Users are advised to update to this latest version which includes important security fixes (WordPress Plugin).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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