CVE-2025-30796
Published: 01 April 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-30796 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 vulnerability CVE-2025-30796 is a reflected cross-site scripting flaw resulting from improper neutralization of input during web page generation in the WP Extended plugin, also known as The Ultimate WordPress Toolkit – WP Extended. It affects the WordPress plugin wpextended in versions through 3.0.14 and is tracked under CWE-79 with a CVSS 3.1 score of 7.1.
An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit the issue by supplying a crafted URL that triggers script execution in a victim's browser when the link is visited, achieving limited effects on confidentiality, integrity, and availability within the site context due to the reflected nature and changed scope.
The Patchstack advisory at the referenced URL documents the reflected XSS condition in the plugin and provides the associated vulnerability details.
The EPSS probability rose from a low starting value of 0.0067 to a peak of 0.0111, signaling that exploitation interest emerged after disclosure.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-9089
Vulnerability details
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in WP Extended The Ultimate WordPress Toolkit – WP Extended wpextended allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects The Ultimate WordPress Toolkit – WP Extended: from n/a through <= 3.0.14.
- 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.