Cyber Posture

CVE-2025-23479

High

Published: 03 March 2025

Published
03 March 2025
Modified
23 April 2026
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score 7.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
EPSS Score 0.0011 29.2th percentile
Risk Priority 14 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Description

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in melascrivi melascrivi melascrivi allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects melascrivi: from n/a through <= 1.4.

Security Summary

CVE-2025-23479 is an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability, enabling Reflected Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79), in the melascrivi WordPress plugin. Published on 2025-03-03, it affects melascrivi versions from n/a through 1.4 and carries 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 vulnerability remotely over the network with low attack complexity and no required privileges, though it demands user interaction such as clicking a malicious link. Exploitation changes the security scope and results in low impacts to confidentiality, integrity, and availability, typically allowing script execution in the victim's browser context.

The Patchstack advisory (https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/melascrivi/vulnerability/wordpress-melascrivi-plugin-1-4-reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve) documents the Reflected XSS issue in the melascrivi WordPress plugin version 1.4.

Details

CWE(s)
CWE-79

References