CVE-2025-30847 MEDIUM

CVE-2025-30847: WordPress Novelist plugin <= 1.2.3 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability

Vendor Ashley

Product Novelist

Weakness CWE-79 · XSS

Published March 27, 2025

Last update April 28, 2026

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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 Ashley Novelist novelist allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Novelist: from n/a through <= 1.2.3.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

Novelist versions up to 1.2.3 contain a cross-site scripting vulnerability that allows high-privilege users to inject malicious scripts. The vulnerability requires user interaction and affects the integrity and confidentiality of site data. Update to version 1.3.0 or later to resolve this issue.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

Inject malicious scripts that execute in other users' browsers when they interact with affected pages.

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

High-privilege user accounts can be compromised to inject scripts affecting other users' sessions and data.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

Attacker must have high-level privileges in Novelist and the victim must click a malicious link or visit a crafted page.

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

March 27, 2025 CVE published

April 28, 2026 Record updated

External resources

07References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-30847 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/79.html

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