CVE-2025-23868 MEDIUM

CVE-2025-23868: WordPress Chess Tempo Viewer plugin <= 0.9.5 - Stored Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

Vendor Mliebelt
Product Chess Tempo Viewer
Weakness CWE-79 · XSS
Published January 16, 2025
Last update May 11, 2026

CVSS base score

6.5/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction Required
Confidentiality Low
Integrity Low

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in mliebelt Chess Tempo Viewer chesstempoviewer allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Chess Tempo Viewer: from n/a through <= 0.9.5.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

Chess Tempo Viewer versions 0.9.5 and earlier contain a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability. An attacker with low-level user access can inject malicious scripts that execute in other users' browsers when they view affected content. The vulnerability requires user interaction and can affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the application.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

Inject malicious scripts that run in other users' browsers to steal data, modify content, or disrupt the application.

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

Users' sessions and data are at risk if they interact with content created by authenticated attackers.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

Attacker needs low-level user account access; victim must view the attacker's crafted content.

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

January 16, 2025 CVE published
May 11, 2026 Record updated

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