CVE-2025-23867
WordPress WordPress File Search Plugin <= 1.2 - Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in markcoker WordPress File Search wpfilesearch allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects WordPress File Search: from n/a through <= 1.2.
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 WordPress File Search Plugin <= 1.2 - Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in markcoker WordPress File Search wpfilesearch allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects WordPress File Search: from n/a through <= 1.2.
- Record
CVE-2025-23867- 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-2025-3488
7.1
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in markcoker WordPress File Search wpfilesearch allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects WordPress File Search: from n/a through <= 1.2.
- Record
EUVD-2025-3488- 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-gcmq-4hqx-cf48
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 NotFound WordPress File Search allows Reflected XSS. This issue affects WordPress File Search: from n/a through 1.2.
- Record
GHSA-gcmq-4hqx-cf48- 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 markcoker WordPress File Search wpfilesearch allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects WordPress File Search: from n/a through <= 1.2.
- Record
CVE-2025-23867- 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-2025-23867 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.1) in Markcoker Wordpress File Search, published January 22, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.31%, the 24th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/wpfilesearch/vulnerability/wordpress-wordpress-file-search-plugin-1-2-reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-23867
patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/wpfilesearch/vulnerability/wordpress-wordpress-file-search-plugin-1-2-reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
github.com/advisories/GHSA-gcmq-4hqx-cf48