CVE-2025-48316 WordPress Responsive Mobile-Friendly Tooltip plugin <= 1.6.6 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

Medium 6.5 Published Updated

Stored XSS in Responsive Mobile-Friendly Tooltip allows attackers to inject malicious scripts into web pages viewed by other users.

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-2025-48316?

CVE-2025-48316 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in ItayXD Responsive Mobile-Friendly Tooltip, published on 28 Aug 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 ItayXD Responsive Mobile-Friendly Tooltip responsive-mobile-friendly-tooltip allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Responsive Mobile-Friendly Tooltip: from n/a through <= 1.6.6.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-48316?

How do I fix CVE-2025-48316?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-48316 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-2025-48316 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-48316 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-hw3x-7vh7-q6hh.

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