CVE-2025-23622

CVE-2025-23622 is an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability, classified as Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) under CWE-79, in the CBX Accounting & Bookkeeping WordPress plugin (cbxwpsimpleaccounting) developed by Sabuj Kundu. The issue affects all versions from n/a through 1.3.14 inclusive. It was published on 2025-01-24 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 vulnerability remotely over the network with low attack complexity and no privileges required, though it necessitates user interaction such as clicking a malicious link. Upon successful exploitation, adversaries achieve changed scope, enabling arbitrary script execution in the victim's browser context, resulting in low impacts to confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

Patchstack's advisory documents the Reflected XSS vulnerability in the WordPress CBX Accounting & Bookkeeping plugin version 1.3.14, providing details for security practitioners at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/cbxwpsimpleaccounting/vulnerability/wordpress-cbx-accounting-bookkeeping-plugin-1-3-14-reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve.