CVE-2025-62761

WordPress Knowledge Base documentation & wiki plugin – BasePress plugin <= 2.17.0.1 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

6.5 Medium

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in BasePress Knowledge Base documentation & wiki plugin – BasePress basepress allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Knowledge Base documentation & wiki plugin – BasePress: from n/a through <= 2.17.0.1.

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

0.17%Up 0.1 points since Dec 31, 2025

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 6.5

WordPress Knowledge Base documentation & wiki plugin – BasePress plugin <= 2.17.0.1 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

Record: CVE-2025-62761
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-2025-205906 6.5

Record: EUVD-2025-205906
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-j42c-hx2r-xfgj 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 BasePress Knowledge Base documentation & wiki plugin – BasePress allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Knowledge Base documentation & wiki plugin – BasePress: from n/a through 2.17.0.1.

Record: GHSA-j42c-hx2r-xfgj
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-2025-62761
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

basepress knowledge base documentation & wiki plugin – basepress

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-2025-62761 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Basepress Knowledge Base Documentation & Wiki Plugin – Basepress, published December 31, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.17%, the 6th percentile. No source names a fixed version.