CVE-2025-32646
Published: 17 April 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-32646 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 Question Answer plugin for WordPress, published by PickPlugins. It stems from improper neutralization of input during web page generation and affects all versions through 1.2.70, allowing malicious scripts to be injected and executed in the browser of visiting users.
An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit the issue by supplying crafted input via a URL or other web request that is reflected back without sanitization. Successful exploitation yields limited impacts to confidentiality, integrity, and availability within the site context, as reflected by the CVSS 7.1 vector that requires user interaction but needs no privileges.
The Patchstack advisory at the provided reference URL documents the reflected XSS vulnerability and identifies the affected plugin versions, indicating that site operators should apply any available update beyond 1.2.70 to address the input-handling weakness. The associated EPSS score remains low, with a modest peak of 0.0111 and current value of 0.0067.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-11719
Vulnerability details
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in PickPlugins Question Answer question-answer allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects Question Answer: from n/a through <= 1.2.70.
- 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.