CVE-2025-8314
Software Issue Manager <= 5.0.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via noaccess_msg Parameter
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 6.4 Medium
- Published
- Aug 12, 2025
- Updated
- Apr 8, 2026
- Reserved
- Jul 29, 2025
Description
The Software Issue Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘noaccess_msg parameter in all versions up to, and including, 5.0.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. 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.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 6.4 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N | Wordfence |
Weaknesses
- CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
Project Management, Bug and Issue Tracking Plugin – Software Issue Manageremarket-design |
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References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/3ef87ab8-d56b-4d3a-b4fc-6c17c24143ec?source=cve
- https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/software-issue-manager/tags/5.0.0/includes/emd-form-builder-lite/emd-form-frontend.php
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/software-issue-manager/#developers
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3341018/
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