CVE-2025-57989

WordPress WordPress Widgets Shortcode Plugin <= 1.0.3 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability

6.5 Medium

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Brajesh Singh WordPress Widgets Shortcode wp-widgets-shortcode allows Stored XSS.This issue affects WordPress Widgets Shortcode: from n/a through <= 1.0.3.

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

0.23%Up 0.2 points since Sep 23, 2025

What each source reports

CVE List Score used6.5

WordPress WordPress Widgets Shortcode Plugin <= 1.0.3 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability

Record: CVE-2025-57989
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-2025-306446.5

Record: EUVD-2025-30644
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-hgqx-6q4x-ppv36.5

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')...

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Brajesh Singh WordPress Widgets Shortcode allows Stored XSS. This issue affects WordPress Widgets Shortcode: from n/a through 1.0.3.

Record: GHSA-hgqx-6q4x-ppv3
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

NVD6.5

Record: CVE-2025-57989
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

brajesh singh wordpress widgets shortcode

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-2025-57989 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Brajesh Singh Wordpress Widgets Shortcode, published September 22, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.23%, the 13th percentile. No source names a fixed version.