WordPress Flag Icons plugin <= 2.2 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

published 2025-03-31 19 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2025-8752

cvss: 5.9; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.3%; EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 19%
public exploits: 0; none known

Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page (Basic XSS) vulnerability in Vasilis Triantafyllou Flag Icons language-icons-flags-switcher allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Flag Icons: from n/a through <= 2.2.

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 19 mo ago (2025-03-31)

Exploit prediction

0.27% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 19% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	5.9	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

Affected products

Vasilis Triantafyllou Flag Icons

Classification

Weakness

CWE-80 Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page

Technology feeds

WordPress rss critical rss

References

patchstack.com /database/Wordpress/Plugin/language-icons-flags-switcher/vulnerability/wordpress-flag-icons-plugin-2-2-cross-s
vdb-entry

Sources

CVE List CVE-2025-31575
NVD CVE-2025-31575

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Summary