CVE-2025-46263

WordPress Author Box After Posts plugin <= 1.6 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

6.5 Medium

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Lloyd Saunders Author Box After Posts author-box-after-posts allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Author Box After Posts: from n/a through <= 1.6.

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

0.21%Up 0.2 points since May 20, 2025

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 6.5

WordPress Author Box After Posts plugin <= 1.6 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

Record: CVE-2025-46263
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-2025-28034 6.5

Record: EUVD-2025-28034
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-5p8g-r99q-6826 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 Lloyd Saunders Author Box After Posts allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Author Box After Posts: from n/a through 1.6.

Record: GHSA-5p8g-r99q-6826
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-2025-46263
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

lloyd saunders author box after posts

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-2025-46263 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Lloyd Saunders Author Box After Posts, published May 19, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.21%, the 11th percentile. No source names a fixed version.