WordPress Astra Widgets plugin <= 1.2.16 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

published 2025-12-24 10 mo ago modified 2026-10-07 33 d ago also EUVD-2025-205210

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 24%
public exploits: 0; none known

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Brainstorm Force Astra Widgets astra-widgets allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Astra Widgets: from n/a through <= 1.2.16.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

Brainstorm Force Astra Widgets 1.2.17

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 10 mo ago (2025-12-24)

Exploit prediction

0.31% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 24% 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

Brainstorm Force Astra Widgets

Classification

Weakness

CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

Technology feeds

WordPress rss critical rss

References

patchstack.com /database/Wordpress/Plugin/astra-widgets/vulnerability/wordpress-astra-widgets-plugin-1-2-16-cross-site-script
vdb-entry

Sources

CVE List CVE-2025-68497
NVD CVE-2025-68497

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CPEs and fixed versions use Anchore's correction of NVD's data: Added CPE configurations because not yet analyzed by NVD.

Summary