CVE-2025-23621

CVE-2025-23621 is an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability, classified as Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) under CWE-79, in the Causes – Donation Plugin by algothemes for WordPress. The issue affects the plugin from its initial release (n/a) through version 1.0.01.

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), the vulnerability is exploitable over the network by unauthenticated attackers with low attack complexity, though it requires user interaction such as clicking a malicious link. Successful exploitation enables limited impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability within a changed scope, potentially allowing attackers to execute arbitrary scripts in the victim's browser, steal session cookies, or perform other client-side actions on behalf of the user.

The Patchstack advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/causes/vulnerability/wordpress-causes-donation-plugin-1-0-01-reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve details the vulnerability in the Causes – Donation Plugin version 1.0.01.