CVE-2025-28917: WordPress Custom Smilies plugin <= 2.9.2 - 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: 2025-03-26 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in crazyloong Custom Smilies custom-smilies-se allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Custom Smilies: from n/a through <= 2.9.2.

Affected products

crazyloong Custom Smilies: through 2.9.2

References

https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/custom-smilies-se/vulnerability/wordpress-custom-smilies-plugin-2-9-2-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

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