CVE-2025-24764

WordPress (Simply) Guest Author Name plugin <= 4.36 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability

6.5 Medium

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in A. Jones (Simply) Guest Author Name guest-author-name allows DOM-Based XSS.This issue affects (Simply) Guest Author Name: from n/a through <= 4.36.

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

0.19%Up 0.2 points since Jul 4, 2025

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 6.5

WordPress (Simply) Guest Author Name plugin <= 4.36 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability

Record: CVE-2025-24764
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-2025-19955 6.5

Record: EUVD-2025-19955
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-p72v-jj9h-x7j5 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 A. Jones (Simply) Guest Author Name allows DOM-Based XSS. This issue affects (Simply) Guest Author Name: from n/a through 4.36.

Record: GHSA-p72v-jj9h-x7j5
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-2025-24764
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

a. jones (simply) guest author name

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-2025-24764 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in A. Jones (simply) Guest Author Name, published July 4, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.19%, the 8th percentile. No source names a fixed version.