CVE-2025-62898CWE-79cross-site-scripting

CVE-2025-62898

Medium · published October 27, 2025

CVSS v3.1
6.5
EPSS
0%
Percentile
10.7
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Maarten Links shortcode links-shortcode allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Links shortcode: from n/a through <= 1.8.3.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
6.5 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00210 · 10.7th percentile
Weakness
CWE-79 · Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Published
2025-10-27T06:15Z
References (1)
https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/links-shortcode/vulnerability/wordpress-links-shortcode-plugin-1-8-3-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve · [email protected]
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 27 OCT 01:33Z
    WordPress Links shortcode plugin <= 1.8.3 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
    cvelistv5