# CVE-2025-53289: WordPress Theme Blvd Widget Areas Plugin <= 1.3.0 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability

> Attackers can execute arbitrary scripts in user browsers via reflected XSS in the Theme Blvd Widget Areas WordPress plugin.

- **Severity:** High 7.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 28 Aug 2025
- **Updated:** 28 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-j583-32vf-crpq

## What is CVE-2025-53289?

CVE-2025-53289 is a high-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Jason Theme Blvd Widget Areas, published on 28 Aug 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, 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 Jason Theme Blvd Widget Areas theme-blvd-widget-areas allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects Theme Blvd Widget Areas: from n/a through <= 1.3.0.

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-53289?


## How do I fix CVE-2025-53289?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-53289 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-53289 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-53289 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-53289 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-53289 is a high-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Jason Theme Blvd Widget Areas, published on 28 Aug 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-53289 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Jason Theme Blvd Widget Areas. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-53289/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-53289/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-53289
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-53289
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-53289

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-53289/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.