CVE-2025-25098

WordPress Links in Captions plugin <= 1.2 - Stored Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

6.5 Medium

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Zack Katz Links in Captions links-in-captions allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Links in Captions: from n/a through <= 1.2.

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

0.28%Up 0.2 points since Feb 8, 2025

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 6.5

WordPress Links in Captions plugin <= 1.2 - Stored Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

Record: CVE-2025-25098
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-2025-4031 6.5

Record: EUVD-2025-4031
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-2594-xm94-jr3q 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 Zack Katz Links in Captions allows Stored XSS. This issue affects Links in Captions: from n/a through 1.2.

Record: GHSA-2594-xm94-jr3q
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-2025-25098
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

zack katz links in captions

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-2025-25098 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Zack Katz Links In Captions, published February 7, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.28%, the 20th percentile. No source names a fixed version.