Simple Nested Menu
Simple Nested Menu has one disclosed vulnerability in the WordSec catalog, all reported in 2025; it remains unpatched as of September 2026. Their average CVSS score is 6.4, and the most serious one scores 6.4 out of 10.
The most common weakness is Cross-Site Scripting, behind 1 of the records (100%).
The one issue recorded for Simple Nested Menu has no published fix yet, which makes virtual patching the only reliable mitigation. The oldest unresolved one dates back to 2025.
All of these findings were reported by Chu The Anh. The current release is tested up to WordPress 0.
CVE-2025-49442Simple Nested Menu <= 1.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
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Simple Nested Menu
Author
Mostafa Shahiri
The Simple Nested Menu is a fast and lightweight plugin that displays menu items in a nested sliding style. It works with shortcode and you can use [simple_nested_menu] shortcode for displaying menus in your posts.The Simple Nested Menu is a fast and lightweight plugin with some special attributes for styling and fetching menus items. You can use the name or id attribute of a menu for fetching its items. To use this plugin, after activation of the plugin, you have to place [simple_nested_menu] shortcode in your posts and set the name or id attribute of the menu. Attributes of this plugin: 1) name: Title of a menu 2) id: Menu ID 3) classname: If you want to use this shortcode multiple times, it is better to set this attribute to something like class1 or class2 or any other thing. 4) bgcolor: Background color for menu 5) font: Font color for menu items 6) bghover: Background color on mouse hover 7) fonthover: Font color on mouse hover 8) border: CSS code for items border (e.g: solid 1px #FFF) How to use this plugin: After activation of the plugin: Step1) Go to menu management section (in admin panel) and create your menu. Remember the name of menu. Step2) Place [simple_nested_menu] shortcode in a post or any other proper place. Set the name or ID attribute. (e.g:[simple_nested_menu name=”test menu”] ) That’s it!
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