CVE-2025-23642

WordPress Sidebar-Content from Shortcode plugin <= 2.0 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

6.5 Medium

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in pflonk Sidebar-Content from Shortcode sidebar-content-from-shortcode allows DOM-Based XSS.This issue affects Sidebar-Content from Shortcode: from n/a through <= 2.0.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector: Network
Complexity: Low
Privileges needed: Low
User interaction: Required

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: Low
Integrity: Low
Availability: Low

Exploit likelihood

0.36%Up 0.3 points since Jan 17, 2025

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 6.5

WordPress Sidebar-Content from Shortcode plugin <= 2.0 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

Record: CVE-2025-23642
CVSS 3.1: 6.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
Weakness: CWE-79
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2025-3306 6.5

Record: EUVD-2025-3306
CVSS 3.1: 6.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
Updated: 2026-11-02

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-vrcq-rcq5-v39m 6.5

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')...

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in pflonk Sidebar-Content from Shortcode allows DOM-Based XSS.This issue affects Sidebar-Content from Shortcode: from n/a through 2.0.

Record: GHSA-vrcq-rcq5-v39m
CVSS 3.1: 6.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
Weakness: CWE-79
Updated: 2026-11-02

NVD 6.5

Record: CVE-2025-23642
CVSS 3.1: 6.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
Weakness: CWE-79
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

pflonk sidebar-content from shortcode

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2025-23642 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Pflonk Sidebar-content From Shortcode, published January 16, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.36%, the 30th percentile. No source names a fixed version.