CVE-2025-27284
Published: 17 April 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-27284 is a high-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability. Its CVSS base score is 7.1 (High).
Operationally, ranked in the top 28.2% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
The CVE-2025-27284 vulnerability is a reflected cross-site scripting flaw (CWE-79) present in the Flagged Content plugin for WordPress by divspark. It affects all versions through 1.0.2 and arises from improper neutralization of input during web page generation, carrying a CVSS 3.1 score of 7.1.
An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit the issue by supplying crafted input that is reflected back to a victim user who follows a malicious link or interacts with a compromised page. Successful exploitation allows the attacker to execute scripts in the victim's browser session, resulting in limited impacts to confidentiality, integrity, and availability within the site context.
The vulnerability is tracked in the Patchstack WordPress plugin database, which lists the affected versions and confirms the reflected XSS vector. The associated EPSS score remains low, with a current value of 0.0067 and a peak of 0.0111.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-11618
Vulnerability details
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in divspark Flagged Content flagged-content allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects Flagged Content: from n/a through <= 1.0.2.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Penetration testing submits XSS payloads to web applications, detecting cross-site scripting flaws for subsequent remediation.
Validates web inputs to reject script-related content that could produce XSS.
Output validation against expected content can reject or sanitize script content in generated web pages, reducing XSS exploitability.