CVE-2025-39516

WordPress Author WIP Progress Bar plugin <= 1.0 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability

6.5 Medium

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Alan Petersen Author WIP Progress Bar author-work-in-progress-bar allows DOM-Based XSS.This issue affects Author WIP Progress Bar: from n/a through <= 1.0.

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

0.37%Up 0.3 points since Apr 17, 2025

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 6.5

WordPress Author WIP Progress Bar plugin <= 1.0 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability

Record: CVE-2025-39516
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-2025-11343 6.5

Record: EUVD-2025-11343
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-3vmv-8wv7-jffx 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 Alan Petersen Author WIP Progress Bar allows DOM-Based XSS. This issue affects Author WIP Progress Bar: from n/a through 1.0.

Record: GHSA-3vmv-8wv7-jffx
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

NVD 6.5

Record: CVE-2025-39516
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

alan petersen author wip progress bar

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-2025-39516 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Alan Petersen Author Wip Progress Bar, published April 16, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.37%, the 30th percentile. No source names a fixed version.