CVE-2025-9493 json
Admin Menu Editor <= 1.14 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via placeholder Parameter
published 2025-09-06 14 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2025-34036
- cvss
- 6.4
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.3%
- EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 18%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
The Admin Menu Editor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘placeholder’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.14 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Patch / fix
- admin_menu_editor_project admin_menu_editor 1.14.1
- w-shadow admin_menu_editor 1.14.1
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- 14 mo ago
Exploit prediction
0.27% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 18% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 6.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
Affected products
- whiteshadow Admin Menu Editor
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation
- Technology feeds
References
- wordfence.com /threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/69b9d4e1-895b-4199-bc4e-489afd9d36eb?source=cve
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /browser/admin-menu-editor/tags/1.14/includes/shortcodes.php#L42
- wordpress.org /plugins/admin-menu-editor/
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=3353790%40admin-menu-editor&old=3329611%40admin-menu-editor&sfp
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2025-9493
- NVD CVE-2025-9493
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CPEs and fixed versions use Anchore's correction of NVD's data: Added CPE configurations because not yet analyzed by NVD.