CVE-2025-5490 describes a Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability in the Football Pool plugin for WordPress, affecting all versions up to 2.12.4. This flaw, stemming from insufficient input sanitization and output escaping in admin settings, allows authenticated administrators to inject malicious web scripts into pages. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.8 (Medium), indicating a network-based attack requiring high privileges and user interaction, with potential for low impact on confidentiality and integrity. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 2.12.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:antoineh:football_pool:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* | ||
>= 0, <= 2.12.4CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:antoineh:football_pool:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.