CVE-2025-22569

WordPress Featured Page Widget Plugin <= 2.2 - Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

Published Jan 13, 2025 CVSS 3.1 · 7.1 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in GrandSlambert Featured Page Widget featured-page-widget allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects Featured Page Widget: from n/a through <= 2.2.

Analysis

AI-generated

Technical impact

The vulnerability is a reflected XSS flaw located in GrandSlambert's Featured Page Widget plugin. An attacker can supply malicious input that is not properly escaped or encoded in the HTTP response, allowing them to inject arbitrary client‑side scripts into the page viewed by any user. This weakness is classified as CWE‑79 and can enable malicious payloads to run in the victim’s browser in the context of the affected site.

Affected Systems

The affected system is the WordPress plugin Featured Page Widget from GrandSlambert, with all versions up to and including 2.2 vulnerable.

Risk and Exploitability

The vulnerability is present in all plugin installations through version 2.2 and carries a CVSS score of 7.1. Its EPSS score is less than 1%, indicating a low current exploitation probability, and it is not yet listed in the CISA KEV catalog. Exploitation would require an attacker to craft a URL or form input that includes malicious JavaScript, which a user would need to visit or submit. The flaw enables session‑cookie theft, phishing, or other client‑side attacks executed within the site’s domain.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record.

OpenCVE Recommended Actions

  • Update the Featured Page Widget plugin to a version newer than 2.2
  • If an update is not possible, deactivate the plugin to eliminate the risk
  • Alternatively, modify the plugin’s output code to use WordPress escaping functions such as esc_html() or esc_js() for all user‑supplied data
  • Implement a strict Content‑Security Policy that blocks inline scripts to reduce impact if the flaw remains

Generated by OpenCVE AI on May 1, 2026 at 21:46 UTC.

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2025-2845 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in grandslambert Featured Page Widget allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects Featured Page Widget: from n/a through 2.2.
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in grandslambert Featured Page Widget allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects Featured Page Widget: from n/a through 2.2. Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in GrandSlambert Featured Page Widget featured-page-widget allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects Featured Page Widget: from n/a through <= 2.2.
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in grandslambert Featured Page Widget allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects Featured Page Widget: from n/a through 2.2.
Title WordPress Featured Page Widget Plugin <= 2.2 - Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
Weaknesses CWE-79
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L'}

Subscriptions

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Weaknesses
  • CWE-79

    Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
Patchstack
Published
Updated
Apr 28, 2026, 4:11 PM
Reserved
Jan 7, 2025, 10:23 AM
Status
Deferred
Published
Jan 13, 2025, 2:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 8:48 AM