CVE-2025-22568

CVE-2025-22568 is an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability, classified as Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) under CWE-79, in the WordPress plugin Post And Page Reactions (slug: post-and-page-reactions) developed by arete-it. This issue affects all versions of the plugin from n/a through 1.0.5 inclusive. The vulnerability was published on 2025-01-13 with a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.1 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L).

Attackers can exploit this reflected XSS vulnerability remotely over the network with low attack complexity and no required privileges, though it necessitates user interaction such as clicking a malicious link delivered via social engineering or phishing. Exploitation changes the scope to cross-origin, enabling arbitrary script execution in the victim's browser context, which could result in low-level impacts including disclosure of sensitive data (C:L), modification of page content (I:L), or minor denial of service (A:L).

The Patchstack advisory (https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/post-and-page-reactions/vulnerability/wordpress-post-and-page-reactions-plugin-1-0-5-reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve) documents this vulnerability in the WordPress Post And Page Reactions plugin version 1.0.5 and provides associated details for remediation.