CVE-2025-22514 (GCVE-0-2025-22514)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-01-13 13:11 – Updated: 2026-04-28 16:11
VLAI
Title
WordPress Axact Author List Widget Plugin <= 3.1.1 - Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
Summary
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Yamna Khawaja KNR Author List Widget knr-author-list-widget allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects KNR Author List Widget: from n/a through <= 3.1.1.
Severity
7.1 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-01-13 13:48 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Yamna Khawaja KNR Author List Widget Affected: 0 , ≤ 3.1.1 (custom)
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Date Public
2026-04-01 16:31
Credits
João Pedro S Alcântara (Kinorth) | Patchstack Bug Bounty Program
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