CVE-2025-22501 HIGH

CVE-2025-22501: WordPress Improve My City plugin <= 1.6 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

Vendor Improve My City
Product Improve My City
Weakness CWE-80 · XSS · basic
Published March 28, 2025
Last update April 28, 2026

CVSS base score

7.1/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Confidentiality Low
Integrity Low

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page (Basic XSS) vulnerability in Improve My City Improve My City improve-my-city allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects Improve My City: from n/a through <= 1.6.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

Improve My City versions 1.6 and earlier contain a cross-site scripting vulnerability that allows attackers to inject malicious scripts into web pages viewed by other users. The vulnerability requires user interaction—victims must visit a crafted link or page. The attack can affect multiple users and compromise confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the application.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

Inject malicious scripts that execute in other users' browsers and steal data or perform actions on their behalf.

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

Users' sessions and data can be compromised; attackers can deface content or redirect users to malicious sites.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

No authentication required. Victim must click a malicious link or visit an attacker-controlled page.

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

March 28, 2025 CVE published
April 28, 2026 Record updated