CVE-2025-22706: WordPress Social Pug: Author Box plugin <= 1.0.0 - Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

Severity: high (CVSS 7.1 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2025-01-21 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in iova.mihai Social Pug: Author Box allows Reflected XSS. This issue affects Social Pug: Author Box: from n/a through 1.0.0.

Affected products

iova.mihai Social Pug: Author Box: through 1.0.0

References

https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/social-pug-author-box/vulnerability/wordpress-social-pug-author-box-plugin-1-0-0-reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

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