High severity · published Jan 21, 2025
CVE-2025-22706
WordPress Social Pug: Author Box plugin <= 1.0.0 - Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
7.1
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in iova.mihai Social Pug: Author Box allows Reflected XSS. This issue affects Social Pug: Author Box: from n/a through 1.0.0.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 18% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
SP
Social Pug: Author Box · iova.mihai
through 1.0.0 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-22706
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-22706
patchstack.com
https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/social-pug-author-box/vulnerability/wordpress-social-pug-author-box-plugin-1-0-0-reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve