CVE-2025-5096 | TablePress <= 3.1.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) DOM-Based Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Multiple Parameters

The TablePress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to DOM-Based Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'data-caption', 'data-s-content-padding', 'data-s-title', and 'data-footer' data-attributes in all versions up to, and including, 3.1.2 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.

Published: 2025-05-23 Last update: 2025-07-11 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Analyzed，CVE State: published
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CVE-2025-5096 is rated Moderate Risk (45.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.34%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2025-5096

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-03-19 0.06% 0.34% +0.28%
2 2025-11-21 0.16% 0.06% -0.10%
3 2025-11-18 — 0.16% —

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2025-5096

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.4 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:C)
Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
Confidentiality (C:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:L)
Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 3.1 2.7 [email protected]
5.4 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:C)
Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
Confidentiality (C:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:L)
Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 2.3 2.7 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2025-5096

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2025-5096

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
tablepress tablepress < 3.1.3 cpe:2.3:a:tablepress:tablepress:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

References for CVE-2025-5096

URL Tags
https://datatables.net/ Product
https://github.com/DataTables/DataTablesSrc/blob/29539c40504365bc4be0599e4b0739cf270a2e09/js/core/core.constructor.js#L329 Product
https://github.com/DataTables/DataTablesSrc/commit/d278ed307035cb8740d2fad86b7cbb995380f7bb Patch
https://github.com/DataTables/DataTablesSrc/commit/d558328106bef2d48dfc4cf78581dd106f5c1077 Patch
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tablepress/tags/3.1.2/js/jquery.datatables.min.js Product
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3298453/tablepress Patch
https://tablepress.org/release-announcement-tablepress-3-1-3/ Release Notes
https://wordpress.org/plugins/tablepress/#developers Product
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/cd2dfa02-0404-4300-a5ed-6326f9df6d30?source=cve Third Party Advisory
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