CVE-2025-47595 MEDIUM

CVE-2025-47595: WordPress Color Your Bar plugin <= 2.0 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability

Vendor Darshan Saroya
Product Color Your Bar
Weakness CWE-79 · XSS
Published May 7, 2025
Last update April 28, 2026

CVSS base score

5.9/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required High
User interaction Required
Confidentiality Low
Integrity Low

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Darshan Saroya Color Your Bar color-your-bar allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Color Your Bar: from n/a through <= 2.0.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

Color Your Bar versions 2.0 and earlier contain a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability that allows high-privilege users to inject malicious scripts. An attacker with administrative access can craft a request that, when visited by another user, executes JavaScript in their browser. This can lead to session hijacking, credential theft, or unauthorized actions performed on behalf of the victim.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

Inject and execute malicious JavaScript in other users' browsers to steal sessions or perform unauthorized actions.

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

Administrators or editors with malicious intent can compromise other user accounts or perform unauthorized site modifications.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

Attacker must have high-level site privileges (e.g., admin or editor role) and the victim must visit a crafted link or page.

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

May 7, 2025 CVE published
April 28, 2026 Record updated