CVE-2025-23747 WordPress Awesome Timeline plugin <= 1.0.1 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
Stored XSS in Awesome Timeline plugin allows attackers to inject malicious scripts, potentially leading to session hijacking or site defacement.
- 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
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-23747?
CVE-2025-23747 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Nitesh Awesome Timeline, published on 3 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 Nitesh Awesome Timeline awesome-timeline allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Awesome Timeline: from n/a through <= 1.0.1.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-23747?
How do I fix CVE-2025-23747?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-23747 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-2025-23747 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-23747 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-56cq-6fx2-6w65.