CVE-2025-48121
WordPress WP Notes Widget plugin <= 1.0.6 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Steve Puddick WP Notes Widget wp-notes-widget allows DOM-Based XSS.This issue affects WP Notes Widget: from n/a through <= 1.0.6.
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
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
6.5
WordPress WP Notes Widget plugin <= 1.0.6 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Steve Puddick WP Notes Widget wp-notes-widget allows DOM-Based XSS.This issue affects WP Notes Widget: from n/a through <= 1.0.6.
- Record
CVE-2025-48121- 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-2025-15520
6.5
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Steve Puddick WP Notes Widget wp-notes-widget allows DOM-Based XSS.This issue affects WP Notes Widget: from n/a through <= 1.0.6.
- Record
EUVD-2025-15520- 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-pgf2-cx64-92mc
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 Steve Puddick WP Notes Widget allows DOM-Based XSS. This issue affects WP Notes Widget: from n/a through 1.0.6.
- Record
GHSA-pgf2-cx64-92mc- 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 Steve Puddick WP Notes Widget wp-notes-widget allows DOM-Based XSS.This issue affects WP Notes Widget: from n/a through <= 1.0.6.
- Record
CVE-2025-48121- 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-2025-48121 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Steve Puddick Wp Notes Widget, published May 16, 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.
References
patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/wp-notes-widget/vulnerability/wordpress-wp-notes-widget-1-0-6-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-48121
patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/wp-notes-widget/vulnerability/wordpress-wp-notes-widget-1-0-6-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
github.com/advisories/GHSA-pgf2-cx64-92mc