CVE-2025-32634
Published: 17 April 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-32634 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 is a reflected cross-site scripting flaw (CWE-79) in the mdedev Run Contests, Raffles, and Giveaways with ContestsWP WordPress plugin. It arises from improper neutralization of input during web page generation and affects all versions through 2.1.1. The issue carries a CVSS 3.1 score of 7.1 with a network attack vector, low complexity, no required privileges, and required user interaction, resulting in changed scope with limited impacts to confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit the flaw by supplying a crafted URL containing malicious JavaScript to a victim user. If the user follows the link, the script executes in the context of the affected WordPress site, enabling actions such as session token theft, limited content manipulation, or redirection within the site’s origin.
The sole referenced advisory, published via Patchstack, identifies the reflected XSS condition in the contest-code-checker component but provides no further mitigation details in the available record. 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-2025-11713
Vulnerability details
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in mdedev Run Contests, Raffles, and Giveaways with ContestsWP contest-code-checker allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects Run Contests, Raffles, and Giveaways with ContestsWP: from n/a through <= 2.1.1.
- 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.