CVE-2025-25117

WordPress Smart Countdown FX plugin <= 1.5.5 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

6.5 Medium

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Alex Polonski Smart Countdown FX smart-countdown-fx allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Smart Countdown FX: from n/a through <= 1.5.5.

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 used6.5

WordPress Smart Countdown FX plugin <= 1.5.5 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

Record: CVE-2025-25117
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-2025-40416.5

Record: EUVD-2025-4041
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-65j6-3mfh-pqh36.5

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

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Alex Polonski Smart Countdown FX allows Stored XSS. This issue affects Smart Countdown FX: from n/a through 1.5.5.

Record: GHSA-65j6-3mfh-pqh3
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

NVD6.5

Record: CVE-2025-25117
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

alex polonski smart countdown fx

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-2025-25117 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Alex Polonski Smart Countdown Fx, 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.