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CVE-2021-25088: The XML Sitemaps WordPress plugin before 4.1.3 does not sanitise and escape a settings before outputting it in the Debug page, which could allow high privilege users to perform Cross-Site Scripting at

medium Affects google-xml-sitemaps (WordPress plugin). Feed 2026.10.29.4, updated 2026-10-29; published ; advisory modified .

The XML Sitemaps WordPress plugin before 4.1.3 does not sanitise and escape a settings before outputting it in the Debug page, which could allow high privilege users to perform Cross-Site Scripting at

Package
google-xml-sitemaps (WordPress plugin) WordPress
Affected versions
<4.1.3
Fixed in
4.1.3
Severity
medium  CVSS 4.8
Exploitation
not on CISA KEV · EPSS 1% (48.1th percentile)
Published
2022-06-20
Source
nvd

References

CWE-79
NVD recordgoogle-xml-sitemaps (WordPress plugin) advisories

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