CVE-2025-27006
WordPress Authorsy Plugin <= 1.0.5 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in themeplugs Authorsy authorsy allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Authorsy: from n/a through <= 1.0.5.
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
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
6.5
WordPress Authorsy Plugin <= 1.0.5 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in themeplugs Authorsy authorsy allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Authorsy: from n/a through <= 1.0.5.
- Record
CVE-2025-27006- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS: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-2025-31311
6.5
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in themeplugs Authorsy authorsy allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Authorsy: from n/a through <= 1.0.5.
- Record
EUVD-2025-31311- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-xjwm-7c5r-6r68
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 themeplugs Authorsy allows Stored XSS. This issue affects Authorsy: from n/a through 1.0.5.
- Record
GHSA-xjwm-7c5r-6r68- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS: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
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in themeplugs Authorsy authorsy allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Authorsy: from n/a through <= 1.0.5.
- Record
CVE-2025-27006- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS: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
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-2025-27006 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Themeplugs Authorsy, published September 26, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.22%, the 12th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/authorsy/vulnerability/wordpress-authorsy-plugin-1-0-5-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-27006
patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/authorsy/vulnerability/wordpress-authorsy-plugin-1-0-5-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
github.com/advisories/GHSA-xjwm-7c5r-6r68