WordPress ReadMe Creator plugin <= 1.0 - Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

published 2025-01-22 last yr. modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2025-3307

cvss: 7.1; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.4%; EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 32%
public exploits: 0; none known

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in a.ankit ReadMe Creator readme-creator allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects ReadMe Creator: from n/a through <= 1.0.

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: last yr. (2025-01-22)

Exploit prediction

0.39% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 32% 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

a.ankit ReadMe Creator

Classification

Weakness

CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

Technology feeds

WordPress rss critical rss

References

patchstack.com /database/Wordpress/Plugin/readme-creator/vulnerability/wordpress-readme-creator-plugin-1-0-reflected-cross-si
vdb-entry

Sources

CVE List CVE-2025-23643
NVD CVE-2025-23643

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