CVE-2025-5236: ninjateam chat_for_telegram Cross-site Scripting
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2025-5236 is a medium (CVSS 6.4) Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in ninjateam chat_for_telegram. EPSS estimates a 0.27% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 18.1% of scored vulnerabilities. Fixed in 1.2.
Timeline
- 30-05-2025PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 08-04-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
The NinjaTeam Chat for Telegram plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘username’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. 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.
CVSS metrics
3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version- NVDNIST5.4MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:NDiffers
- wordfenceSource6.4MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS trend
Probability
0.27%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
18%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
+0.01 pp
From 0.26% on 21-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Ninjateam2 products
- chat_for_telegram< 1.2
- wp telegram chat widget≤ 1.1
Wordpress1 product
- ninjateam-telegram≤ 1.1 (fixed in 1.2)
2 vendors · 3 products
References
5 links- wordpress.org/plugins/ninjateam-telegram/Release Notes