CVE-2025-57993

WordPress Geolocation IP Detection plugin <= 5.5.0 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

6.5 Medium

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Benjamin Pick Geolocation IP Detection geoip-detect allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Geolocation IP Detection: from n/a through <= 5.5.0.

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

0.21%Up 0.2 points since Sep 23, 2025

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 6.5

WordPress Geolocation IP Detection plugin <= 5.5.0 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

Record: CVE-2025-57993
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-2025-30635 6.5

Record: EUVD-2025-30635
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-wg28-2r4h-jhp2 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 Benjamin Pick Geolocation IP Detection allows Stored XSS. This issue affects Geolocation IP Detection: from n/a through 5.5.0.

Record: GHSA-wg28-2r4h-jhp2
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-2025-57993
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

benjamin pick geolocation ip detection

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-2025-57993 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Benjamin Pick Geolocation Ip Detection, published September 22, 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.