# CVE-2025-15697: Dictionary <= 1.0 - Reflected XSS via Multiple Parameters

> Unauthenticated attackers can execute arbitrary scripts in victim browsers via reflected XSS in the Dictionary WordPress plugin.

- **Severity:** High 7.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 17 Sep 2026
- **Updated:** 17 Sep 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-5694-pfmh-9pp4

## What is CVE-2025-15697?

CVE-2025-15697 is a high-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Dictionary, published on 17 Sep 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

The Dictionary WordPress plugin through 1.0 does not escape user input before reflecting it back in the responses of several directly accessible scripts, allowing unauthenticated attackers to perform Reflected Cross-Site Scripting attacks against anyone they can induce to submit a crafted request.

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-15697?


## How do I fix CVE-2025-15697?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-15697 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-15697 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-15697 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-15697 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-15697 is a high-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Dictionary, published on 17 Sep 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-15697 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Unknown Dictionary. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-15697/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-15697/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-15697
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-15697
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-15697

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-15697/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.