Vulnerabilities

Vulnerability · CVE-2025-12746

The Tainacan plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the 'search' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.0 due to insufficient input s

Published Nov 21, 2025 · catalog updated Apr 8, 2026 · Tainacan

Last checked Oct 27, 2026. A connected source was read within the last 7 days.

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-12746. EPSS is 0.27%. Act only if a listed version of Tainacan is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.

Same product and reporting

Severity
Medium6.1
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.27%
Remediation
Vendor / distro source
Affected products
vendor tainacan Tainacan 0 ≤1.0.0

The Tainacan plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the 'search' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

Are you affected?

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  • vendor tainacan Tainacan 0 ≤1.0.00 ≤1.0.0

How to fix CVE-2025-12746

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-12746. EPSS is 0.27%. Act only if a listed version of Tainacan is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with tainacan Tainacan 0 ≤1.0.0 0 ≤1.0.0. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.27%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

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Code

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Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Nov 21, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    The Tainacan plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the 'search' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking

  2. Apr 8, 2026 · EUVD

    Updated

    The Tainacan plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the 'search' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-12746

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-12746

    30-day exploitation probability 0.27%

    first.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-198414

    The Tainacan plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the 'search' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbi

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 26, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.

  • CVE.orgOct 27, 2026
  • FIRST EPSSOct 26, 2026
  • EUVDOct 26, 2026