{"answers":{"affected":"","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-25169 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2025-25169 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2025-25169 is a high-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Rachel Cherry Authors Autocomplete Meta Box, published on 3 Mar 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-2025-25169 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2025-25169 is a high-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Rachel Cherry Authors Autocomplete Meta Box, published on 3 Mar 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-2025-25169 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Rachel Cherry Authors Autocomplete Meta Box. 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-2025-25169/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-25169/index.md)","id":"CVE-2025-25169","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-25169/index.md","name":"CVE-2025-25169","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-w43w-pw8h-qxgc"],"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":"Reflected XSS in WordPress Authors Autocomplete Meta Box plugin allows attackers to execute arbitrary scripts in victim browsers.","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 Rachel Cherry Authors Autocomplete Meta Box authors-autocomplete-meta-box allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects Authors Autocomplete Meta Box: from n/a through \u003c= 1.2.","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 Authors Autocomplete Meta Box plugin \u003c= 1.2 - Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability","id":"CVE-2025-25169","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 Migrate Posts Plugin \u003c=1.0 - Post Based Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability","id":"CVE-2025-25170"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"WordPress BookPress – For Book Authors Plugin \u003c= 1.2.7 - CSRF to Stored XSS vulnerability","id":"CVE-2025-25168"},"products":["Authors Autocomplete Meta Box"],"published":"2025-03-03","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":["Rachel Cherry"]},"summary":"Reflected XSS in WordPress Authors Autocomplete Meta Box plugin allows attackers to execute arbitrary scripts in victim browsers.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-25169/"}