CVE-2025-2166 CM FAQ – Simplify support with an intuitive FAQ management tool <= 1.2.5 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
Unauthenticated attackers can inject arbitrary web scripts via reflected XSS in the CM FAQ WordPress plugin, requiring user interaction to execute.
- 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
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-2166?
CVE-2025-2166 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in creativemindssolutions CM FAQ – Simplify support with an intuitive FAQ management tool, published on 14 Mar 2025. 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 CM FAQ – Simplify support with an intuitive FAQ management tool plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting due to the use of remove_query_arg without appropriate escaping on the URL in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.5. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-2166?
How do I fix CVE-2025-2166?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-2166 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.
Is CVE-2025-2166 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-2166 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-292p-43qq-xp45.