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CVE-2025-23545: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') in Navnish Bhardwaj WP Social Broadcast

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VulnerabilityCVE-2025-23545cvecve-2025-23545
Published: Thu Jan 23 2025 (01/23/2025, 15:29:39 UTC)
Source: CVE Database V5
Vendor/Project: Navnish Bhardwaj
Product: WP Social Broadcast

Description

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Navnish Bhardwaj WP Social Broadcast wp-social-broadcast allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects WP Social Broadcast: from n/a through <= 1.0.0.

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AILast updated: 05/01/2026, 08:15:08 UTC

Technical Analysis

The WP Social Broadcast plugin for WordPress, developed by Navnish Bhardwaj, contains a reflected Cross-site Scripting vulnerability identified as CVE-2025-23545. This vulnerability is due to improper input neutralization during web page generation, which allows attackers to inject malicious scripts that are reflected back to users. The issue affects all versions up to 1.0.0. The CVSS v3.1 base score is 7.1, indicating a high severity with network attack vector, low attack complexity, no privileges required, user interaction required, scope changed, and impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability at low levels.

Potential Impact

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary scripts in the context of the victim's browser session. This may lead to partial compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the affected system or user data. However, no known active exploits have been reported at this time.

Mitigation Recommendations

Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until an official fix is released, users should consider disabling or removing the WP Social Broadcast plugin if it is not essential. Additionally, applying web application firewall (WAF) rules that detect and block reflected XSS attempts may provide temporary mitigation.

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Technical Details

Data Version
5.2
Assigner Short Name
Patchstack
Date Reserved
2025-01-16T11:26:05.062Z
Cvss Version
null
State
PUBLISHED

Threat ID: 69cd7636e6bfc5ba1df0a7fa

Added to database: 4/1/2026, 7:47:02 PM

Last enriched: 5/1/2026, 8:15:08 AM

Last updated: 5/21/2026, 10:29:22 PM

Views: 15

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