CVE-2025-22501 WordPress Improve My City plugin <= 1.6 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
Attackers can execute arbitrary scripts in victim browsers via reflected XSS in the Improve My City WordPress plugin.
- 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-2025-22501?
CVE-2025-22501 is a high-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Improve My City, published on 28 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
Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page (Basic XSS) vulnerability in Improve My City Improve My City improve-my-city allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects Improve My City: from n/a through <= 1.6.
Weakness: CWE-80
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-22501?
How do I fix CVE-2025-22501?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-22501 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-2025-22501 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-22501 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-r299-g8pg-6xf2.