CVE-2025-23643
WordPress ReadMe Creator plugin <= 1.0 - Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
CVE-2025-23643 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.1) in A.ankit Readme Creator, published January 22, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.39%, the 33rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.
- Severity
- 7.1 HighCVSS 3.1, CVE List
- Exploit chance
- 0.39%EPSS, 33rd percentile
- Exploitation
- None knownNot on CISA’s or ENISA’s lists
- Fixed in
- No fix listedNo source names one
Description
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in a.ankit ReadMe Creator readme-creator allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects ReadMe Creator: from n/a through <= 1.0.
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
Affected products
What each source reports
CVE List Score used 7.1
WordPress ReadMe Creator plugin <= 1.0 - Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in a.ankit ReadMe Creator readme-creator allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects ReadMe Creator: from n/a through <= 1.0.
- Record
CVE-2025-23643- 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-2025-3307 7.1
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in a.ankit ReadMe Creator readme-creator allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects ReadMe Creator: from n/a through <= 1.0.
- Record
EUVD-2025-3307- 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-r4h2-pqcr-8272 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 NotFound ReadMe Creator allows Reflected XSS. This issue affects ReadMe Creator: from n/a through 1.0.
- Record
GHSA-r4h2-pqcr-8272- 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 a.ankit ReadMe Creator readme-creator allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects ReadMe Creator: from n/a through <= 1.0.
- Record
CVE-2025-23643- 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
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
References
patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/readme-creator/vulnerability/wordpress-readme-creator-plugin-1-0-reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-23643
patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/readme-creator/vulnerability/wordpress-readme-creator-plugin-1-0-reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
github.com/advisories/GHSA-r4h2-pqcr-8272