CVE-2025-23509
Published: 22 January 2025
Description
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in siteheart HyperComments comments-with-hypercommentscom allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects HyperComments: from n/a through <= 0.9.6.
Security Summary
CVE-2025-23509 is an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability, classified as Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) under CWE-79, affecting the siteheart HyperComments WordPress plugin (comments-with-hypercommentscom). This issue impacts all versions of HyperComments from n/a through 0.9.6.
The vulnerability has 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), indicating network accessibility, low attack complexity, no required privileges, and user interaction. An unauthenticated attacker can exploit it by tricking a user into interacting with a maliciously crafted link or input that reflects an XSS payload, achieving low impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability with a changed scope.
The Patchstack advisory (https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/comments-with-hypercommentscom/vulnerability/wordpress-hypercomments-plugin-0-9-6-reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve) documents the Reflected XSS vulnerability in HyperComments plugin version 0.9.6 and provides details on mitigation strategies.
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