CVE-2025-23523
WordPress HSS Embed Streaming Video plugin <= 3.23 - Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in hoststreamsell HSS Embed Streaming Video hss-embed-streaming-video allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects HSS Embed Streaming Video: from n/a through <= 3.23.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
7.1
WordPress HSS Embed Streaming Video plugin <= 3.23 - Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in hoststreamsell HSS Embed Streaming Video hss-embed-streaming-video allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects HSS Embed Streaming Video: from n/a through <= 3.23.
- Record
CVE-2025-23523- CVSS 3.1
- 7.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-3226
7.1
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in hoststreamsell HSS Embed Streaming Video hss-embed-streaming-video allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects HSS Embed Streaming Video: from n/a through <= 3.23.
- Record
EUVD-2025-3226- CVSS 3.1
- 7.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-hggp-5m37-vq2v
7.1
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')...
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in hoststreamsell HSS Embed Streaming Video allows Reflected XSS. This issue affects HSS Embed Streaming Video: from n/a through 3.23.
- Record
GHSA-hggp-5m37-vq2v- CVSS 3.1
- 7.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
7.1
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in hoststreamsell HSS Embed Streaming Video hss-embed-streaming-video allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects HSS Embed Streaming Video: from n/a through <= 3.23.
- Record
CVE-2025-23523- CVSS 3.1
- 7.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2025-23523 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.1) in Hoststreamsell Hss Embed Streaming Video, published February 14, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.31%, the 23rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/hss-embed-streaming-video/vulnerability/wordpress-hss-embed-streaming-video-plugin-3-23-reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-23523
patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/hss-embed-streaming-video/vulnerability/wordpress-hss-embed-streaming-video-plugin-3-23-reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
github.com/advisories/GHSA-hggp-5m37-vq2v