Description
The Team Members plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the first and last name fields in all versions up to, and including, 5.3.5 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. 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.
Published: 2025-09-27
Score: 6.4 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: Stored cross‑site scripting (XSS)
Action: Apply patch
AI Analysis

Impact

The Team Members plugin for WordPress contains an input sanitization flaw that allows stored XSS through the first and last name fields. Authenticated users with Contributor or higher roles can inject arbitrary scripts that are then served to any visitor of the impacted page, enabling session hijacking, malicious content injection, or credential theft.

Affected Systems

The vulnerable product is the Team Members WordPress plugin by spwebguy. All releases up to and including 5.3.5 are affected; WordPress sites that permit contributors or more privileged users to edit team member entries are exposed.

Risk and Exploitability

With a CVSS score of 6.4, the vulnerability has a moderate severity ranking, while the EPSS score of less than 1 % indicates a low probability of exploitation in the wild. It is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog. The likely attack vector requires authenticated access to the WordPress dashboard and authorization to edit team member data; once a malicious script is stored, any visitor to the crafted page will execute the code.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on April 20, 2026 at 19:28 UTC.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

OpenCVE Recommended Actions

  • Upgrade the Team Members plugin to the latest released version (≥5.3.6) where the input validation issue is fixed.
  • If an upgrade cannot be performed, restrict Contributor and higher roles from editing team member entries or disable the plugin entirely.
  • Deploy a web application firewall or enforce a content‑security policy that blocks or sanitizes script tags entered into the team member fields.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on April 20, 2026 at 19:28 UTC.

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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2025-31398 The Team Members plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the first and last name fields in all versions up to, and including, 5.3.5 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. 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.
History

Mon, 29 Sep 2025 14:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

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


Mon, 29 Sep 2025 09:45:00 +0000

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

Sat, 27 Sep 2025 02:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description The Team Members plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the first and last name fields in all versions up to, and including, 5.3.5 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. 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.
Title Team Members <= 5.3.5 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Weaknesses CWE-79
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}


Subscriptions

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-08T17:16:55.814Z

Reserved: 2025-07-31T19:05:39.591Z

Link: CVE-2025-8440

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Updated: 2025-09-29T13:56:59.329Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2025-09-27T02:15:32.360

Modified: 2026-04-15T00:35:42.020

Link: CVE-2025-8440

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No data.

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Updated: 2026-04-20T19:30:06Z

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