# CVE-2025-22697: WordPress Responsive Blocks plugin <= 1.9.9 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

> Reflected XSS in Responsive Blocks plugin allows attackers to execute arbitrary scripts in victim browsers.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 4 Feb 2025
- **Updated:** 28 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-g5mv-456h-ppc4

## What is CVE-2025-22697?

CVE-2025-22697 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in CyberChimps Responsive Blocks, published on 4 Feb 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in CyberChimps Responsive Blocks responsive-block-editor-addons allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects Responsive Blocks: from n/a through <= 1.9.9.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-22697?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Cyberchimps Responsive Blocks.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-22697?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-22697 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-22697 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-22697 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in CyberChimps Responsive Blocks

- [CVE-2024-43335](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-43335/): WordPress Responsive Blocks – WordPress Gutenberg Blocks plugin <= 1.8.8 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2024-13732](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-13732/): Cross-site scripting in Responsive Blocks – Page Builder for Blocks & Patterns (medium 6.4)
- [CVE-2024-12268](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-12268/): Responsive Blocks – WordPress Gutenberg Blocks <= 1.9.7 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (medium 6.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-22697 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-22697 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in CyberChimps Responsive Blocks, published on 4 Feb 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-22697 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: CyberChimps Responsive Blocks. 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-2025-22697/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-22697/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-22697
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-22697
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-22697

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-22697/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.