CVE-2025-12037 PUBLISHED

WP 404 Auto Redirect <= 1.0.5 - Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Assigner: Wordfence
Reserved: 21.10.2025 Published: 18.02.2026 Updated: 18.02.2026

The WP 404 Auto Redirect to Similar Post plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via admin settings in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.5 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level permissions and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This only affects multi-site installations and installations where unfiltered_html has been disabled.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS Score: 4.4

Product Status

Vendor hwk-fr
Product WP 404 Auto Redirect to Similar Post
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from * to 1.0.5 (incl.)

Credits

  • Cody Sixteen finder

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') CWE