CVE-2025-31864
WordPress Beam me up Scotty – Back to Top Button plugin <= 1.0.23 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Out the Box Beam me up Scotty beam-me-up-scotty allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Beam me up Scotty: from n/a through <= 1.0.23.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
5.9
WordPress Beam me up Scotty – Back to Top Button plugin <= 1.0.23 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Out the Box Beam me up Scotty beam-me-up-scotty allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Beam me up Scotty: from n/a through <= 1.0.23.
- Record
CVE-2025-31864- CVSS 3.1
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-9168
5.9
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Out the Box Beam me up Scotty beam-me-up-scotty allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Beam me up Scotty: from n/a through <= 1.0.23.
- Record
EUVD-2025-9168- CVSS 3.1
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-rw6m-2rv9-w377
5.9
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')...
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Out the Box Beam me up Scotty – Back to Top Button allows Stored XSS. This issue affects Beam me up Scotty – Back to Top Button: from n/a through 1.0.23.
- Record
GHSA-rw6m-2rv9-w377- CVSS 3.1
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
5.9
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Out the Box Beam me up Scotty beam-me-up-scotty allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Beam me up Scotty: from n/a through <= 1.0.23.
- Record
CVE-2025-31864- CVSS 3.1
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| PoC in GitHub | DoTTak/CVE-2025-31864 | 2025-04-03 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, PoC in GitHub |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2025-31864 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.9) in Out The Box Beam Me Up Scotty, published April 1, 2025. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.34%, the 28th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/beam-me-up-scotty/vulnerability/wordpress-beam-me-up-scotty-back-to-top-button-plugin-1-0-23-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-31864
patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/beam-me-up-scotty/vulnerability/wordpress-beam-me-up-scotty-back-to-top-button-plugin-1-0-23-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
github.com/advisories/GHSA-rw6m-2rv9-w377