CVE-2025-23582

CVE-2025-23582 is an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability, enabling Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) as classified under CWE-79. It affects the WordPress plugin Bulk Categories Assign (slug: bulk-categories-assign) developed by Haider Ali, impacting all versions from n/a through 1.0 inclusive. The vulnerability was published on 2025-02-03.

The vulnerability 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). Remote attackers require no privileges and can exploit it over the network with low attack complexity, though it demands user interaction such as clicking a malicious link. Successful exploitation enables limited impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability within a changed scope, typically allowing execution of arbitrary scripts in the victim's browser context.

Advisories, including the Patchstack database entry at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/bulk-categories-assign/vulnerability/wordpress-bulk-categories-assign-plugin-1-0-reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve, document the issue and provide further details for practitioners.