01 Record
CVE-2025-6757
Recent Posts Widget Extended <= 2.0.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via rpwe Shortcode
MediumPUBLISHEDCNA: Wordfence
CNA base score6.4 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
02 Description
Recent Posts Widget Extended <= 2.0.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via rpwe Shortcode
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
- AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
- Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.24% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 15.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 6.4 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Deferred. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2025-09-06 04:22Z1 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-04-08 16:47Z6 MO AGO
- Reserved
- 2025-06-26
- Assigning CNA
- Wordfence
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Medium (CVSS 6.4)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')Base
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- d41e9e3f5a490afe24739b93d33253d1cdc768106c48c1fbe5225ce3aa9d8954
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.wordfence.comhttps://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/3b70f48f-76a6-459c-8108-3ca008471534?source=cve
- plugins.trac.wordpress.orghttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/recent-posts-widget-extended/tags/2.0.2/includes/shortcode.php#L14
- plugins.trac.wordpress.orghttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/recent-posts-widget-extended/tags/2.0.2/includes/functions.php#L24
- wordpress.orghttps://wordpress.org/plugins/recent-posts-widget-extended/#developers