CVE-2025-23489: WordPress WP-Announcements plugin <= 1.8 - Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

Severity: high (CVSS 7.1 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.2% 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 Brian Messenlehner WP-Announcements wp-announcements allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects WP-Announcements: from n/a through <= 1.8.

Affected products

Brian Messenlehner WP-Announcements: through 1.8

References

https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/wp-announcements/vulnerability/wordpress-wp-announcements-plugin-1-8-reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

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