CVE-2025-14893

IndieWeb <= 4.0.5 - Authenticated (Author+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'Telephone' Parameter

The IndieWeb plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'Telephone' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 4.0.5 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with author level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

We have discovered 283 live websites that are affected by CVE-2025-14893.

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Affected Software

Product  Indieweb
Category Wordpress Plugins
Vulnerable Domains283 live websites (75% of Indieweb install base)
Vulnerable Versions
  • from 0 through 4.0.5
Vulnerable Versions Count7 versions ( 88% of all versions)


Common Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')



Details

  • Published - Jan 9, 2026
  • Updated - Jan 9, 2026

Credits

  • Tharadol Suksamran (finder)

Website Distribution by Country

Number of websites using CVE-2025-14893
United States130 websites


Germany44 websites
GB22 websites
Singapore20 websites
Canada15 websites
France11 websites
Netherlands10 websites
Denmark7 websites
Sweden3 websites

Website Distribution by TLD

Number of websites using CVE-2025-14893
.com130 websites
.net29 websites
.de17 websites
.org16 websites
.nl8 websites
.co.uk7 websites
.ca6 websites
.dk5 websites
.info5 websites
.se4 websites

Vulnerable Versions

Vulnerable versions are highlighted in red

Websites affected by CVE-2025-14893

Top websites that are affected by CVE-2025-14893. Please click on the "Contact us" link to get more information.
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**********.ca Canada*,***
**********.com United States**,***
************.**.uk GB**,***
***************.net United States**,***
*********.net United States***,***
****************.com Australia***,***
**********.com United States***,***
**********.com United States***,***
******.*****.blog United States***,***
********.com United States***,***
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FAQ

CVE-2025-14893 is Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') in Indieweb
A total of 283 websites have been identified as vulnerable to CVE-2025-14893, based on global website indexing conducted by WebTechSurvey.
The Indieweb is affected by the CVE-2025-14893 vulnerability.
Indieweb versions up to and including 4.0.5 are vulnerable to CVE-2025-14893.