CVE-2025-10140
📋 TL;DR
The Quick Social Login WordPress plugin has a stored XSS vulnerability in all versions up to 1.4.6. Authenticated attackers with contributor-level access or higher can inject malicious scripts via the 'quick-login' shortcode, which execute when users view affected pages. This affects all WordPress sites using vulnerable versions of the plugin.
💻 Affected Systems
- Quick Social Login WordPress Plugin
⚠️ Manual Verification Required
This CVE does not have specific version information in our database, so automatic vulnerability detection cannot determine if your system is affected.
Why? The CVE database entry doesn't specify which versions are vulnerable (no version ranges provided by the vendor/NVD).
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- Review the CVE details at NVD
- Check vendor security advisories for your specific version
- Test if the vulnerability is exploitable in your environment
- Consider updating to the latest version as a precaution
⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
Attackers could steal admin credentials, redirect users to malicious sites, deface websites, or install backdoors for persistent access.
Likely Case
Attackers with contributor accounts inject malicious scripts to steal user session cookies or credentials from visitors.
If Mitigated
With proper user access controls and content filtering, impact is limited to potential defacement of specific pages.
🎯 Exploit Status
Requires authenticated access (contributor or higher) and ability to create/edit posts/pages with shortcodes.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: Version 1.4.7 or later
Vendor Advisory: https://wordpress.org/plugins/quick-login
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Log into WordPress admin panel. 2. Navigate to Plugins → Installed Plugins. 3. Find Quick Social Login plugin. 4. Click 'Update Now' if update available. 5. If no update available, download version 1.4.7+ from WordPress.org and manually update.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Disable Quick Social Login Plugin
allTemporarily deactivate the vulnerable plugin until patched
Restrict Contributor Access
allRemove contributor-level access from untrusted users
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Implement strict Content Security Policy (CSP) headers to limit script execution
- Use web application firewall (WAF) rules to block XSS payloads in shortcode attributes
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check WordPress admin → Plugins → Installed Plugins → Quick Social Login version. If version is 1.4.6 or lower, you are vulnerable.Check Version:
wp plugin list --name=quick-login --field=versionVerify Fix Applied:
After updating, verify plugin version shows 1.4.7 or higher in WordPress admin plugins page.📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unusual post/page edits by contributor-level users
- Suspicious shortcode attributes containing script tags or JavaScript
Network Indicators:
- Unexpected external script loads from WordPress pages
- Suspicious redirects from authenticated pages
SIEM Query:
source="wordpress" AND (event="post_updated" OR event="page_updated") AND user_role="contributor" AND content CONTAINS "[quick-login"