CVE-2025-28878 MEDIUM

CVE-2025-28878: WordPress Awesome Surveys plugin <= 2.0.10 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

Vendor Will Brubaker
Product Awesome Surveys
Weakness CWE-79 · XSS
Published March 11, 2025
Last update April 28, 2026

CVSS base score

5.9/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required High
User interaction Required
Confidentiality Low
Integrity Low

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/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 Will Brubaker Awesome Surveys awesome-surveys allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Awesome Surveys: from n/a through <= 2.0.10.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

Awesome Surveys versions 2.0.10 and earlier contain a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability. An authenticated administrator can inject malicious scripts that execute in other users' browsers when they interact with survey content. The vulnerability requires user interaction and affects the integrity and confidentiality of site data. Update to a version newer than 2.0.10.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

Inject malicious scripts that run in other users' browsers when they view or interact with surveys.

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

Administrators can inject scripts affecting other users' sessions, potentially stealing data or performing unauthorized actions on their behalf.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

Attacker must have administrator privileges and the victim must visit a page containing the malicious survey content.

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

March 11, 2025 CVE published
April 28, 2026 Record updated

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