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Draft List - Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) (CVE-2025-10181)

CVE-2025-10181

Vulnerability CVE-2025-10181 PLUGIN draft-list MEDIUM

The Draft List plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's 'drafts' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 2.6 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. 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.

CVE-2025-10181

MEDIUM CVSS 6.4 Published 2025-09-20 Updated 2025-09-22
AI Risk High (83/100) Active Exploit: Likely Published Exploit: Public exploit references found Priority: P2 Urgent
Severity Band MEDIUM
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Affected Components 2
Reference Links 5
AI Risk Engine High (83/100)
Exploitability High
Active Exploitation Likely
Published Exploit Status Public exploit references found

Threat Timeline

  1. 2025-09-20 CVE published and first recorded in the threat feed.
  2. 2025-09-22 Record updated with latest vulnerability metadata.
  3. 2026-04-09 AI technical context refreshed for mitigation and impact guidance.
  4. Now Monitoring for follow-up changes, linked references, and new related CVEs.

AI Context

Machine-generated threat intelligence

AI Updated 148 days ago

AI enriched 148 days ago (2026-04-09 06:48 UTC)

Technical Summary

The Draft List plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's 'drafts' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 2.6 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. 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.

Potential Impact

Severity is MEDIUM (CVSS 6.4). Depending on deployment context, affected components may be exposed to unauthorized actions or data integrity risk.

Exploitability Assessment

Exploitability is assessed as High based on published exploit references, remote code execution potential.

Primary risk drivers: published exploit references, remote code execution potential

Mitigation Recommendations

Validate affected product versions, prioritize patching, and monitor references for vendor remediation guidance. If immediate patching is not possible, apply compensating controls and limit exposure of vulnerable surfaces.

Detection & Monitoring

Track authentication anomalies, unexpected file writes, and suspicious plugin API activity around affected components.

Business Impact Lens

Prioritize remediation where affected components process customer data, admin sessions, or Internet-exposed workflows.

Affected Products

Draft List PLUGIN · draft-list Affected range not specified Fixed version not specified
Simple Draft List PLUGIN · simple-draft-list Affected range not specified Fixed version not specified

References

What to do about this

Patch on your next cycle Worth fixing, but not ahead of other work.

Fix it

Update Draft List to the latest available version.

Where the vendor has not published a fix yet, disable the plugin until they do.

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Am I affected by this vulnerability?

You are affected if your site runs Draft List.

How do I fix it?

Update Draft List to the latest available version. Where the vendor has not yet published a fix, remove or disable the plugin until they do. Until you can update, Request / payload inspection (WAF) in Hack Halt ProSecure contains this class of attack at the request layer.

What can an attacker actually do?

This is a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) flaw. An attacker who exploits it can run script in a visitor's browser, stealing sessions or planting an administrator account.

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