CVE-2025-32531
Published: 17 April 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-32531 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
CVE-2025-32531 is a reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability arising from improper neutralization of input during web page generation. It affects the Arconix FAQ plugin for WordPress, developed by tychesoftwares, in all versions through 1.9.5.
An unauthenticated remote attacker can supply a crafted request that is reflected back to a victim user who follows a malicious link, resulting in script execution within the context of the affected site. The flaw carries a CVSS 3.1 score of 7.1 with network attack vector, low complexity, no required privileges, and required user interaction, enabling limited impacts to confidentiality, integrity, and availability with changed scope.
The issue is documented in a Patchstack advisory that identifies the reflected XSS exposure in the specified plugin versions. 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-2025-11668
Vulnerability details
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in tychesoftwares Arconix FAQ arconix-faq allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects Arconix FAQ: from n/a through <= 1.9.5.
- 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.