CVE-2025-52755
WordPress Child Themes plugin <= 1.0.1 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Chris Taylor Child Themes child-themes allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects Child Themes: from n/a through <= 1.0.1.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
7.1
WordPress Child Themes plugin <= 1.0.1 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Chris Taylor Child Themes child-themes allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects Child Themes: from n/a through <= 1.0.1.
- Record
CVE-2025-52755- CVSS 3.1
- 7.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-35480
7.1
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Chris Taylor Child Themes child-themes allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects Child Themes: from n/a through <= 1.0.1.
- Record
EUVD-2025-35480- CVSS 3.1
- 7.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-92vr-85r4-9j46
7.1
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 Taylor Child Themes child-themes allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects Child Themes: from n/a through <= 1.0.1.
- Record
GHSA-92vr-85r4-9j46- CVSS 3.1
- 7.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
7.1
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Chris Taylor Child Themes child-themes allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects Child Themes: from n/a through <= 1.0.1.
- Record
CVE-2025-52755- CVSS 3.1
- 7.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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-2025-52755 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.1) in Chris Taylor Child Themes, published October 22, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.25%, the 16th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/child-themes/vulnerability/wordpress-child-themes-plugin-1-0-1-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-52755
vdp.patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/child-themes/vulnerability/wordpress-child-themes-plugin-1-0-1-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability
vdp.patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/child-themes/vulnerability/wordpress-child-themes-plugin-1-0-1-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
github.com/advisories/GHSA-92vr-85r4-9j46