# CVE-2025-23500: WordPress Simple Custom post type custom field plugin <= 1.0.3 - Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

> An attacker can execute arbitrary scripts in the context of other users via reflected XSS in the Simple Custom post type custom field 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:** 22 Jan 2025
- **Updated:** 28 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-mh53-5gcx-h6x9

## What is CVE-2025-23500?

CVE-2025-23500 is a high-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in faaiq Simple Custom post type custom field, published on 22 Jan 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 Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in faaiq Simple Custom post type custom field simple-content-construction-kit allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects Simple Custom post type custom field: from n/a through <= 1.0.3.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-23500?


## How do I fix CVE-2025-23500?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-23500 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-23500 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-23500 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-23500 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-23500 is a high-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in faaiq Simple Custom post type custom field, published on 22 Jan 2025. 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-2025-23500 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: faaiq Simple Custom post type custom field. 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-2025-23500/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-23500/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-23500
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-23500
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-23500

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-23500/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.