{"answers":{"affected":"","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-23988 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2025-23988 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2025-23988 is a high-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Bruno Cavalcante Ghostwriter, published on 19 May 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-2025-23988 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2025-23988 is a high-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Bruno Cavalcante Ghostwriter, published on 19 May 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-2025-23988 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Bruno Cavalcante Ghostwriter. 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-2025-23988/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-23988/index.md)","id":"CVE-2025-23988","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-23988/index.md","name":"CVE-2025-23988","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-fhx6-jcrh-354h"],"analysis":{"component_type":"cms_plugin","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["code_execution"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"WordPress theme","requires_auth":"none","summary":"Reflected XSS in Ghostwriter theme allows attackers to inject malicious scripts into web pages viewed by other users.","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 Bruno Cavalcante Ghostwriter allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects Ghostwriter: from n/a through 1.4.","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 ghostwriter theme \u003c= 1.4 - Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability","id":"CVE-2025-23988","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"xss","year":"2025"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":1,"next":{"headline":"WordPress Internal Link Builder plugin \u003c= 1.0 - CSRF to Stored XSS vulnerability","id":"CVE-2025-23989"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"WordPress Designer plugin \u003c= 1.6.4 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability","id":"CVE-2025-23987"},"products":["Ghostwriter"],"published":"2025-05-19","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":"2026-04-28","vendors":["Bruno Cavalcante"]},"summary":"Reflected XSS in Ghostwriter theme allows attackers to inject malicious scripts into web pages viewed by other users.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-23988/"}