CVE-2025-23988
WordPress ghostwriter theme <= 1.4 - Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Bruno Cavalcante Ghostwriter allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects Ghostwriter: from n/a through 1.4.
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
WordPress ghostwriter theme <= 1.4 - Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Bruno Cavalcante Ghostwriter allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects Ghostwriter: from n/a through 1.4.
- Record
CVE-2025-23988- 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-2025-15722
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Bruno Cavalcante Ghostwriter allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects Ghostwriter: from n/a through 1.4.
- Record
EUVD-2025-15722- 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-fhx6-jcrh-354h
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')...
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Bruno Cavalcante Ghostwriter allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects Ghostwriter: from n/a through 1.4.
- Record
GHSA-fhx6-jcrh-354h- 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
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Bruno Cavalcante Ghostwriter allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects Ghostwriter: from n/a through 1.4.
- Record
CVE-2025-23988- 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-2025-23988 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.1) in Bruno Cavalcante Ghostwriter, published May 19, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.23%, the 14th percentile. No source names a fixed version.