CVE-2025-13608
CC Child Pages <= 2.0.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'child_pages' Shortcode
mediumImproper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
6.4
CVSS Score
6.4
CVSS Score
medium
Severity
2.0.1
Patched in
1d
Time to patch
Description
The CC Child Pages plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'child_pages' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 2.0.0. This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on four user-supplied attributes (use_custom_link, use_custom_link_target, use_custom_thumbs, and use_custom_excerpt) in the 'show_child_pages' function. 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.
CVSS Vector Breakdown
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:NAttack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Changed
Low
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
Technical Details
Affected versions
<=2.0.0PublishedDecember 15, 2025
Last updatedDecember 15, 2025
Affected plugincc-child-pages
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