PT-2025-5144 · Alessandro Staniscia · Simple Vertical Timeline

Soprobro · Published 2025-01-16 · Updated 2025-01-16 · CVE-2025-23856

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.5

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Alessandro Staniscia Simple Vertical Timeline versions n/a through 0.1

Description The issue is related to improper neutralization of input during web page generation, which allows for DOM-Based XSS. This means that an attacker could potentially inject malicious scripts into the webpage, affecting the DOM (Document Object Model) directly. No information is provided about the estimated number of potentially affected devices or real-world incidents where this issue was exploited.

Recommendations For versions n/a through 0.1, update to a version that fixes the improper neutralization of input during web page generation issue. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2025-23856

Affected Products

Simple Vertical Timeline

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-23856 · Security Note
• https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/simple-vertical-timeline/vulnerability/wordpress-simple-vertical-timeline-plugin-0-1-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve · Note
• https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/simple-vertical-timeline/vulnerability/wordpress-simple-vertical-timeline-plugin-0-1-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve · Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1880020037316030890 · Twitter Post