Pets
Pets has 2 disclosed vulnerabilities in the WordSec catalog, reported between 2023 and 2025; none of them are fixed as of September 2026. Their average CVSS score is 6.1, and the most serious one scores 6.1 out of 10.
The most common weakness is Cross-Site Scripting, behind 2 of the records (100%).
None of the 2 issues recorded for Pets have a published fix yet, which makes virtual patching the only reliable mitigation. The oldest unresolved one dates back to 2023.
2 independent researchers contributed these findings, one record each. Pets is installed on roughly 90 WordPress sites, so each unpatched flaw has a wide blast radius. The current release is tested up to WordPress 5.9.16.
CVE-2025-52742Pets <= 1.4.1 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
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Pets
Author
Igor Benic
With this plugin you can manage any WordPress site with Pets. With the custom Fields Manager, you can add as many fields as you need for your own pets. This plugin comes with 2 custom taxonomies: Breed and Colors. If you want to accept donation, this plugin integrates with Give, a plugin for donations. People can choose to donate to all your pets or only to one. Current Features: Managing Pets Two Taxonomies (Breed and Color) Custom Fields & Sections Archive Search Form Archive Grid Layout Widgets Shortcodes Shortcodes: [pets_single id=0 image=true info=true] (Set image or info to false) [pets_petfinder] – Show the Petfinder search from and animals. Check https://www.petfinder.com/developers/v2/docs/#get-animals for all attributes. [pets_archive] – Display anywhere. Attributes: limit – number of pets per page, filter – which fields to use to filter the pets, filter_value – which values should a filter have, hide_nav – if set to 1, it will hide navigation, orderby – if set, it will use that to order Example: [pets_archive filter=adoptable filter_value=0] -> Will show every pet that is not adoptable, filter ‘adoptable’ is the field slug. [pets_archive filter=adoptable,height filter_value=1,20] -> Will show every pet that is adoptable, with height of 20 (field slugs are adoptable and height) [pets_archive orderby=rand hide_nav=1 limit=10] -> Show 10 random pets without navigation Roadmap (planned features): Supplies you need for your pets (integrated with Give) Favorites Partners (such as Vet stations) Activities (people can take a dog from shelter for a walk in the park) Found/Lost Pets Integration with various APIs such as PetFinder Better Templates You’re welcome to give your own ideas and features in the support forum. There will be a PRO version with a few features. 90% of the money will go into buying supplies for the animal shelter near the contributor(s) location. 10% will be spent on processing fees.
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