CVE-2025-46445
WordPress External Markdown plugin <= 0.0.1 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in pReya External Markdown external-markdown allows Stored XSS.This issue affects External Markdown: from n/a through <= 0.0.1.
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 External Markdown plugin <= 0.0.1 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in pReya External Markdown external-markdown allows Stored XSS.This issue affects External Markdown: from n/a through <= 0.0.1.
- Record
CVE-2025-46445- 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-2025-12051
6.5
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in pReya External Markdown external-markdown allows Stored XSS.This issue affects External Markdown: from n/a through <= 0.0.1.
- Record
EUVD-2025-12051- 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-hg7g-gqwr-rgjq
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 pReya External Markdown allows Stored XSS. This issue affects External Markdown: from n/a through 0.0.1.
- Record
GHSA-hg7g-gqwr-rgjq- 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
NVD
6.5
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in pReya External Markdown external-markdown allows Stored XSS.This issue affects External Markdown: from n/a through <= 0.0.1.
- Record
CVE-2025-46445- 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-2025-46445 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Preya External Markdown, published April 24, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.27%, the 18th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/external-markdown/vulnerability/wordpress-external-markdown-0-0-1-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-46445
patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/external-markdown/vulnerability/wordpress-external-markdown-0-0-1-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
github.com/advisories/GHSA-hg7g-gqwr-rgjq