Admin Menu Editor <= 1.14 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via placeholder Parameter_CVE-2025-9493

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    "lastseen": "",
    "description": "The Admin Menu Editor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the \u2018placeholder\u2019 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.",
    "published": "2025-09-06T03:22:36.504Z",
    "modified": "2025-09-06T03:22:36.504Z",
    "type": "cve",
    "title": "Admin Menu Editor <= 1.14 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via placeholder Parameter",
    "source": "Wordfence",
    "references": "https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/69b9d4e1-895b-4199-bc4e-489afd9d36eb?source=cve\nhttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/admin-menu-editor/tags/1.14/includes/shortcodes.php#L42\nhttps://wordpress.org/plugins/admin-menu-editor/\nhttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=3353790%40admin-menu-editor&old=3329611%40admin-menu-editor&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=#file857",
    "id": "CVE-2025-9493",
    "bulletinFamily": "",
    "cwe": [
        "CWE-79"
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    "cvelist": null,
    "sourceData": "whiteshadow Admin Menu Editor *",
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    "cvss": {
        "score": 6.4,
        "severity": "MEDIUM",
        "vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N",
        "version": "3.1"
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    "category_name": "CVE",
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    "product": "Admin Menu Editor",
    "version": "*",
    "vendor": "whiteshadow",
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