CVE-2025-31428
WordPress HYDRO theme <= 2.8 - Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in BuddhaThemes HYDRO hydro allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects HYDRO: from n/a through <= 2.8.
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
7.1
WordPress HYDRO theme <= 2.8 - Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in BuddhaThemes HYDRO hydro allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects HYDRO: from n/a through <= 2.8.
- Record
CVE-2025-31428- 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-2025-19277
7.1
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in BuddhaThemes HYDRO hydro allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects HYDRO: from n/a through <= 2.8.
- Record
EUVD-2025-19277- 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-p523-mpq3-cj4x
7.1
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')...
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in BuddhaThemes HYDRO allows Reflected XSS. This issue affects HYDRO: from n/a through 2.8.
- Record
GHSA-p523-mpq3-cj4x- 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
7.1
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in BuddhaThemes HYDRO hydro allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects HYDRO: from n/a through <= 2.8.
- Record
CVE-2025-31428- 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-2025-31428 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.1) in Buddhathemes Hydro, published June 27, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.25%, the 16th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Theme/hydro/vulnerability/wordpress-hydro-theme-2-8-reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-31428
patchstack.com/database/wordpress/theme/hydro/vulnerability/wordpress-hydro-theme-2-8-reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
github.com/advisories/GHSA-p523-mpq3-cj4x