Description
The Just Highlight plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'Highlight Color' setting in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.3 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses the plugin's settings page.
Published: 2025-11-25
Score: 4.4 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Wed, 26 Nov 2025 11:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Sigalitam
Sigalitam just Highlight
Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress
Vendors & Products Sigalitam
Sigalitam just Highlight
Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress

Tue, 25 Nov 2025 15:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Tue, 25 Nov 2025 07:45:00 +0000

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Description The Just Highlight plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'Highlight Color' setting in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.3 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses the plugin's settings page.
Title Just Highlight <= 1.0.3 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'Highlight Color' Setting
Weaknesses CWE-79
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}


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Sigalitam Just Highlight
Wordpress Wordpress
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2025-11-25T14:59:33.671Z

Reserved: 2025-11-17T14:52:21.037Z

Link: CVE-2025-13311

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-11-25T14:59:27.476Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-11-25T08:15:49.473

Modified: 2025-11-25T22:16:16.690

Link: CVE-2025-13311

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2025-11-26T11:11:12Z

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