CVE-2025-8622
Flexible Maps <= 1.18.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Flexible Maps Shortcode
The Flexible Map plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's Flexible Maps shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 1.18.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Flexible Maps <= 1.18.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Flexible Maps Shortcode
The Flexible Map plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's Flexible Maps shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 1.18.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
- Record
CVE-2025-8622- CVSS 3.1
- 6.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-28802
The Flexible Map plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's Flexible Maps shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 1.18.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
- Record
EUVD-2025-28802- CVSS 3.1
- 6.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-m5hj-v266-43qc
The Flexible Map plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin...
The Flexible Map plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's Flexible Maps shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 1.18.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
- Record
GHSA-m5hj-v266-43qc- CVSS 3.1
- 6.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
The Flexible Map plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's Flexible Maps shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 1.18.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
- Record
CVE-2025-8622- CVSS 3.1
- 6.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
Flexible Maps <= 1.18.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Flexible Maps Shortcode
The Flexible Map plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's Flexible Maps shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 1.18.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
- Record
CVE-2025-8622- CVSS 3.1
- 6.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2025-8622 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.4) in Webaware Flexible Map, published August 19, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.34%, the 27th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/cde79196-20aa-42f1-b35f-af347bcb6e5f?source=cve
wordpress.org/plugins/wp-flexible-map
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3341890
github.com/webaware/flexible-map/commit/1cbae2fa98e10c82d82a68e2bacfbdb7231117db
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-8622