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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.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":6.4,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-11","score":0.00199,"percentile":0.09784,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-79"],"published":"2025-11-21T07:31:49Z","modified":"2026-10-07T21:10:00Z","products":[{"vendor":"billybigpotatoes","product":"brighttalk wordpress shortcode"}],"references":[{"url":"https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/3e3b5433-e17b-4ece-9e5c-ef4d818068dc?source=cve"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/brighttalk-wp-shortcode/tags/2.4.0/brighttalk-wp-shortcode.php#L130"},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-11770"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-3vvc-9gp2-895p"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2025-11770","title":"BrightTALK WordPress Shortcode \u003c= 2.4.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting","description":"The BrightTALK WordPress Shortcode plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'format' shortcode attribute in the brighttalk-time shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 2.4.0. 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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.","status":"published","published":"2025-11-21T09:30:27Z","modified":"2025-11-21T09:30:34Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":6.4,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","level":"medium"}],"cwes":["CWE-79"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:04:54.759819Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2025-11770","description":"The BrightTALK WordPress Shortcode plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'format' shortcode attribute in the brighttalk-time shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 2.4.0. This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. 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