{"answers":{"affected":"","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-23853 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2025-23853 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2025-23853 is a high-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in michelem NoFollow Free, published on 14 Feb 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2025-23853 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2025-23853 is a high-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in michelem NoFollow Free, published on 14 Feb 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-23853 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: michelem NoFollow Free. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. 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.\n2. 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.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-23853/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-23853/index.md)","id":"CVE-2025-23853","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-23853/index.md","name":"CVE-2025-23853","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-qwwc-4vgw-qh7j"],"analysis":{"component_type":"cms_plugin","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["code_execution"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"WordPress plugin","requires_auth":"none","summary":"Attackers can execute arbitrary scripts in victim browsers via reflected XSS in the NoFollow Free WordPress plugin.","user_interaction":"required","vuln_class":"xss"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"Patchstack","cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":7.1,"severity":"high","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-79","name":"Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation"}],"description":"Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in michelem NoFollow Free nofollow-free allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects NoFollow Free: from n/a through \u003c= 1.6.3.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"WordPress NoFollow Free plugin \u003c= 1.6.3 - Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability","id":"CVE-2025-23853","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"xss","year":"2025"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":1,"next":{"headline":"Cross-site scripting in Shoutcast and Icecast HTML5 Web Radio Player by YesStreaming.com","id":"CVE-2025-23854"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"WordPress First Comment Redirect plugin \u003c= 1.0.3 - Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability","id":"CVE-2025-23852"},"products":["NoFollow Free"],"published":"2025-02-14","related":[],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"partial"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-05-11","vendors":["michelem"]},"summary":"Attackers can execute arbitrary scripts in victim browsers via reflected XSS in the NoFollow Free WordPress plugin.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-23853/"}