What is CVE-2020-25474?

CVE-2020-25474 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Newsscriptphp News Script PHP Pro, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2020-11-24.

How severe is CVE-2020-25474?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

XSS in Newsscriptphp News Script PHP Pro

CVE-2020-25474

SimplePHPscripts News Script PHP Pro 2.3 is affected by a Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability via the editor_name parameter.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2020-11-24 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.009 (57.3th percentile), scored 2026-10-03.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 57th percentile — 57.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Newsscriptphp News Script PHP Pro — versions 2.3

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

websec.nl (Not Applicable)
news.websec.nl (Broken Link)
www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6736997788850122752 (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-25474?: CVE-2020-25474 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Newsscriptphp News Script PHP Pro, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2020-11-24.
How severe is CVE-2020-25474?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.