CVE-2025-23825
WordPress Easy Shortcode Buttons plugin <= 1.2 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
CVE-2025-23825 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Alex Thorpe Easy Shortcode Buttons, published January 16, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.29%, the 21st percentile. No source names a fixed version.
- Severity
- 6.5 MediumCVSS 3.1, CVE List
- Exploit chance
- 0.29%EPSS, 21st 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 osuthorpe Easy Shortcode Buttons easy-shortcode-buttons allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Easy Shortcode Buttons: from n/a through <= 1.2.
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
Affected products
What each source reports
CVE List Score used 6.5
WordPress Easy Shortcode Buttons plugin <= 1.2 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in osuthorpe Easy Shortcode Buttons easy-shortcode-buttons allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Easy Shortcode Buttons: from n/a through <= 1.2.
- Record
CVE-2025-23825- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS: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-2025-3455 6.5
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in osuthorpe Easy Shortcode Buttons easy-shortcode-buttons allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Easy Shortcode Buttons: from n/a through <= 1.2.
- Record
EUVD-2025-3455- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-w6p9-mxg8-r434 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 Alex Thorpe Easy Shortcode Buttons allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Easy Shortcode Buttons: from n/a through 1.2.
- Record
GHSA-w6p9-mxg8-r434- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS: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
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in osuthorpe Easy Shortcode Buttons easy-shortcode-buttons allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Easy Shortcode Buttons: from n/a through <= 1.2.
- Record
CVE-2025-23825- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS: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
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/easy-shortcode-buttons/vulnerability/wordpress-easy-shortcode-buttons-plugin-1-2-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-23825
patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/easy-shortcode-buttons/vulnerability/wordpress-easy-shortcode-buttons-plugin-1-2-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
github.com/advisories/GHSA-w6p9-mxg8-r434