WordPress rng-refresh plugin <= 1.0 - Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

published 2025-03-03 last yr. modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2025-5732

cvss: 7.1; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.3%; EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 20%
public exploits: 0; none known

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Abolfazl Sabagh rng-refresh rng-refresh allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects rng-refresh: from n/a through <= 1.0.

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: total
Assessed: last yr. (2025-03-03)

Exploit prediction

0.28% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 20% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	7.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

Affected products

Abolfazl Sabagh rng-refresh

Classification

Weakness

CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

Technology feeds

WordPress rss critical rss

References

patchstack.com /database/Wordpress/Plugin/rng-refresh/vulnerability/wordpress-rng-refresh-plugin-1-0-reflected-cross-site-scr
vdb-entry

Sources

CVE List CVE-2025-23488
NVD CVE-2025-23488

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