CVE-2025-62894: WordPress ACF Recent Posts Widget plugin <= 5.9.3 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 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: 2025-10-27 · updated 2026-10-08
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in magicoders ACF Recent Posts Widget acf-recent-posts-widget allows Stored XSS.This issue affects ACF Recent Posts Widget: from n/a through <= 5.9.3.

Affected products

magicoders ACF Recent Posts Widget: through 5.9.3

References

https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/acf-recent-posts-widget/vulnerability/wordpress-acf-recent-posts-widget-plugin-5-9-3-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

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