Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-30798

High

Published: 01 April 2025

Published
01 April 2025
Modified
23 April 2026
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 7.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
EPSS Score 0.0067 71.8th percentile
Risk Priority 15 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2025-30798 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-2025-30798 is a reflected cross-site scripting flaw (CWE-79) caused by improper neutralization of input during web page generation. It affects the Better WishList API WordPress plugin (better-wlm-api) in versions up to and including 1.1.4 and is rated 7.1 on CVSS 3.1 with network attack vector, low complexity, no required privileges, and required user interaction.

An unauthenticated remote attacker can supply a malicious payload via a crafted URL that is reflected back to a victim who follows the link, allowing script execution in the browser context with changed scope and limited effects on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The vulnerability is documented in the Patchstack database, which identifies the affected plugin versions and provides the associated advisory entry.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in rickonline_nl Better WishList API better-wlm-api allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects Better WishList API: from n/a through <= 1.1.4.

CWE(s)
CWE-79

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.

CA-8 Penetration Testing
addresses: CWE-79

Penetration testing submits XSS payloads to web applications, detecting cross-site scripting flaws for subsequent remediation.

SI-10 Information Input Validation
addresses: CWE-79

Validates web inputs to reject script-related content that could produce XSS.

SI-15 Information Output Filtering
addresses: CWE-79

Output validation against expected content can reject or sanitize script content in generated web pages, reducing XSS exploitability.

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