Productive Style WordPress Plugin Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Vulnerability

A stored cross-site scripting vulnerability has been identified in the Productive Style plugin for WordPress, affecting all versions through 1.1.23. The issue arises from inadequate input sanitization and output escaping of user-supplied attributes in the plugin's display_productive_breadcrumb shortcode. This vulnerability allows authenticated attackers with contributor-level access or higher to inject arbitrary web scripts into pages, which are executed when users access the affected pages.

Impact

Exploitation of this vulnerability allows for stored cross-site scripting, where injected scripts are executed in the context of the user viewing the page.

Remediation

Users are advised to update the Productive Style plugin to version 1.1.25 or a newer patched version.

Added: Sep 17, 2025, 2:21 AM
Updated: Sep 17, 2025, 2:21 AM

Vulnerability Rating

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spread
0.0
impact
1.7
exploitability
5.9
remediation
7.7
relevance
0.5
threat
3.2
urgency
2.9
incentive
1.7

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