CVE-2025-25158

CVE-2025-25158 is an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability, classified as Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) under CWE-79, in the Uncomplicated SEO WordPress plugin developed by Antonio Sanchez. This issue affects all versions of Uncomplicated SEO from n/a through 1.2 inclusive. The vulnerability was published on 2025-03-03 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. Upon successful exploitation, adversaries gain changed scope privileges, enabling low-level impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, potentially allowing theft of user session data or execution of scripts in the victim's browser context.

The primary advisory from Patchstack, available at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/uncomplicated-seo/vulnerability/wordpress-uncomplicated-seo-plugin-1-2-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve, documents the Reflected XSS vulnerability specific to Uncomplicated SEO plugin version 1.2 in WordPress environments. Security practitioners should consult this reference for detailed mitigation recommendations, including any available patches or workarounds.