CVE-2025-31465
WordPress Better Section Navigation Widget plugin <= 1.6.1 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in cornershop Better Section Navigation Widget better-section-navigation allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Better Section Navigation Widget: from n/a through <= 1.6.1.
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 Better Section Navigation Widget plugin <= 1.6.1 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in cornershop Better Section Navigation Widget better-section-navigation allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Better Section Navigation Widget: from n/a through <= 1.6.1.
- Record
CVE-2025-31465- 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-2025-8586
6.5
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in cornershop Better Section Navigation Widget better-section-navigation allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Better Section Navigation Widget: from n/a through <= 1.6.1.
- Record
EUVD-2025-8586- 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-jcmm-rj83-g6xp
6.5
Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page (Basic XSS) vulnerability in...
Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page (Basic XSS) vulnerability in cornershop Better Section Navigation Widget allows Stored XSS. This issue affects Better Section Navigation Widget: from n/a through 1.6.1.
- Record
GHSA-jcmm-rj83-g6xp- 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, CWE-80
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
6.5
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in cornershop Better Section Navigation Widget better-section-navigation allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Better Section Navigation Widget: from n/a through <= 1.6.1.
- Record
CVE-2025-31465- 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-2025-31465 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Cornershop Better Section Navigation Widget, published March 28, 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/better-section-navigation/vulnerability/wordpress-better-section-navigation-widget-1-6-1-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-31465
patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/better-section-navigation/vulnerability/wordpress-better-section-navigation-widget-1-6-1-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
github.com/advisories/GHSA-jcmm-rj83-g6xp