Vulnerabilities

Vulnerability · CVE-2025-8394

The Productive Style plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's display_productive_breadcrumb shortcode in all versions up to, and including

Published Sep 17, 2025 · catalog updated Apr 8, 2026 · Productive Style – Optimisations & Content Publishing Support

Last checked Oct 29, 2026. A connected source was read within the last 7 days.

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-8394. EPSS is 0.24%. Act only if a listed version of Productive Style – Optimisations & Content Publishing Support is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
Medium6.4
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.24%
Remediation
Vendor / distro source
Affected products
vendor productiveminds Productive Style – Optimisations & Content Publishing Support 0 ≤1.1.23

The Productive Style plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's display_productive_breadcrumb shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 1.1.23 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

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  • vendor productiveminds Productive Style – Optimisations & Content Publishing Support 0 ≤1.1.230 ≤1.1.23

How to fix CVE-2025-8394

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-2025-8394. EPSS is 0.24%. Act only if a listed version of Productive Style – Optimisations & Content Publishing Support is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with productiveminds Productive Style – Optimisations & Content Publishing Support 0 ≤1.1.23 0 ≤1.1.23. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.24%. 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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Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Sep 17, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    The Productive Style plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's display_productive_breadcrumb shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 1.1.23 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web script

  2. Apr 8, 2026 · EUVD

    Updated

    The Productive Style plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's display_productive_breadcrumb shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 1.1.23 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web script

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-8394

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-8394

    30-day exploitation probability 0.24%

    first.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-29677

    The Productive Style plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's display_productive_breadcrumb shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 1.1.23 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. Thi

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 29, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.

  • CVE.orgOct 23, 2026
  • FIRST EPSSOct 23, 2026
  • EUVDOct 22, 2026