CVE-2025-25169

WordPress Authors Autocomplete Meta Box plugin <= 1.2 - Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

State: Published
Severity: 7.1 High
Published: Mar 3, 2025
Updated: May 11, 2026
Reserved: Feb 3, 2025

Description

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Rachel Cherry Authors Autocomplete Meta Box authors-autocomplete-meta-box allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects Authors Autocomplete Meta Box: from n/a through <= 1.2.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	7.1 High	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L	Patchstack

Weaknesses

CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Affected Products

Product	Versions
Authors Autocomplete Meta BoxRachel Cherry	1.2 and earlierAffected

References

https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/authors-autocomplete-meta-box/vulnerability/wordpress-authors-autocomplete-meta-box-plugin-1-2-reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cvevdb-entry

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