CVE-2025-49443

WordPress Bacon Ipsum plugin <= 2.4 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability

6.5 Medium

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Chris McCoy Bacon Ipsum bacon-ipsum allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Bacon Ipsum: from n/a through <= 2.4.

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

0.22%Up 0.2 points since Jun 7, 2025

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 6.5

WordPress Bacon Ipsum plugin <= 2.4 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability

Record: CVE-2025-49443
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-2025-17148 6.5

Record: EUVD-2025-17148
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-w8x8-758c-78v5 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 Chris McCoy Bacon Ipsum allows Stored XSS. This issue affects Bacon Ipsum: from n/a through 2.4.

Record: GHSA-w8x8-758c-78v5
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-2025-49443
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

chris mccoy bacon ipsum

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-2025-49443 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Chris Mccoy Bacon Ipsum, published June 6, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.22%, the 12th percentile. No source names a fixed version.