Medium severity · published Jun 20, 2025
CVE-2025-50017
WordPress WP Voting Contest plugin <= 5.8 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability
5.9
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Matt WP Voting Contest wp-voting-contest allows Stored XSS.This issue affects WP Voting Contest: from n/a through <= 5.8.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 17% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
WV
WP Voting Contest · Matt
through 5.8 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-50017
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-50017
patchstack.com
https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/wp-voting-contest/vulnerability/wordpress-wp-voting-contest-plugin-5-8-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
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