CVE-2025-68497
WordPress Astra Widgets plugin <= 1.2.16 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Brainstorm Force Astra Widgets astra-widgets allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Astra Widgets: from n/a through <= 1.2.16.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
5.9
WordPress Astra Widgets plugin <= 1.2.16 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Brainstorm Force Astra Widgets astra-widgets allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Astra Widgets: from n/a through <= 1.2.16.
- Record
CVE-2025-68497- CVSS 3.1
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-205210
5.9
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Brainstorm Force Astra Widgets astra-widgets allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Astra Widgets: from n/a through <= 1.2.16.
- Record
EUVD-2025-205210- CVSS 3.1
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-3qvp-8fgf-93v3
5.4
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')...
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Brainstorm Force Astra Widgets astra-widgets allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Astra Widgets: from n/a through <= 1.2.16.
- Record
GHSA-3qvp-8fgf-93v3- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
5.9
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Brainstorm Force Astra Widgets astra-widgets allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Astra Widgets: from n/a through <= 1.2.16.
- Record
CVE-2025-68497- CVSS 3.1
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/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-2025-68497 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.9) in Brainstorm Force Astra Widgets, published December 24, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.31%, the 24th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/astra-widgets/vulnerability/wordpress-astra-widgets-plugin-1-2-16-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-68497
vdp.patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/astra-widgets/vulnerability/wordpress-astra-widgets-plugin-1-2-16-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
github.com/advisories/GHSA-3qvp-8fgf-93v3