CVE-2025-52786

7.1

Kingdom Creation · Media Folder

A reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Kingdom Creation Media Folder WordPress plugin allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary scripts in a user's browser.

Executive summary

A reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability in the Kingdom Creation Media Folder plugin poses a risk of unauthorized script execution for site visitors.

Vulnerability

The plugin fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input during web page generation, which enables reflected cross-site scripting. This vulnerability is exploitable by unauthenticated attackers who can craft malicious URLs to trigger script execution in the context of the victim's session.

Business impact

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability allows an attacker to execute arbitrary JavaScript in the browser of a victim, which may lead to session hijacking, unauthorized actions performed on behalf of the user, or the redirection of site visitors to malicious domains. Given the CVSS score of 7.1, this represents a high-severity risk that could lead to significant reputational damage and compromise of user data if administrative sessions are targeted.

Remediation

Immediate Action: Since no specific patch version is confirmed, users should monitor the vendor advisory for security updates and disable the Media Folder plugin if it is not business-critical until a fix is released.

Proactive Monitoring: Security teams should review web server access logs for anomalous URL parameters containing script tags or suspicious encoded characters that match known XSS patterns.

Compensating Controls: Deploy a Web Application Firewall (WAF) with robust XSS protection rules to inspect incoming traffic and filter out malicious payloads targeting the Media Folder plugin endpoints.

Exploitation status

Public Exploit Available: No (exploit_available: false).

Analyst recommendation

This vulnerability presents a high risk to web integrity and user security. Administrators must prioritize the identification of all instances of the Media Folder plugin within their environments and apply vendor-provided security updates as soon as they become available to prevent potential exploitation.

Sources

Originally found and disclosed by Nguyen Xuan Chien | Patchstack Bug Bounty Program, per the CVE Program record.