Medium severity5.9NVD Advisory· Published Jun 27, 2025· Updated Apr 23, 2026

CVE-2025-53253

Description

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Josh WP Edit wp-edit allows Stored XSS.This issue affects WP Edit: from n/a through <= 4.0.4.

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Affected products

WordPress/Wp Editinferred2 versions
<=4.0.4+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: <=4.0.4
- (no CPE)range: <=4.0.4
Package: https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-edit

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

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References

patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/wp-edit/vulnerability/wordpress-wp-edit-plugin-4-0-4-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerabilitynvd

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