{"id":"CVE-2025-13608","aliases":["EUVD-2025-203370","GHSA-cgcq-mrc6-jf4w"],"status":"published","title":"CC Child Pages \u003c= 2.0.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'child_pages' Shortcode","description":"The CC Child Pages plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'child_pages' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 2.0.0. This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on four user-supplied attributes (use_custom_link, use_custom_link_target, use_custom_thumbs, and use_custom_excerpt) in the 'show_child_pages' function. 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":0.0018,"percentile":0.07659,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-79"],"published":"2025-12-15T14:25:08Z","modified":"2026-10-07T19:10:00Z","products":[{"vendor":"caterhamcomputing","product":"cc child pages"}],"references":[{"url":"https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/139009b5-69d4-44ca-820c-766645828e5e?source=cve"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3403877/cc-child-pages"},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-13608"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-cgcq-mrc6-jf4w"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2025-13608","title":"CC Child Pages \u003c= 2.0.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'child_pages' Shortcode","description":"The CC Child Pages plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'child_pages' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 2.0.0. This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on four user-supplied attributes (use_custom_link, use_custom_link_target, use_custom_thumbs, and use_custom_excerpt) in the 'show_child_pages' function. 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":"2025-12-15T14:25:08.567Z","modified":"2026-04-08T16:36:39.639Z","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","assessor":"cna"}],"cwes":["CWE-79"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:32:43.437394Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2025-203370","description":"The CC Child Pages plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'child_pages' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 2.0.0. 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