CVE-2025-23856: WordPress Simple Vertical Timeline plugin <= 0.1 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2025-01-16 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Odyno Simple Vertical Timeline simple-vertical-timeline allows DOM-Based XSS.This issue affects Simple Vertical Timeline: from n/a through <= 0.1.

Affected products

Odyno Simple Vertical Timeline: through 0.1

References

https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/simple-vertical-timeline/vulnerability/wordpress-simple-vertical-timeline-plugin-0-1-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

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