What is CVE-2023-4725?

CVE-2023-4725 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Sayandatta Simple Posts Ticker, classified under CWE-79 CROSS-SITE SCRIPTING (XSS). CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2023-10-16.

How severe is CVE-2023-4725?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2023-4725 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Sayandatta Simple Posts Ticker

CVE-2023-4725

The Simple Posts Ticker WordPress plugin before 1.1.6 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup)

Published 2023-10-16 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (38.4th percentile), scored 2026-10-05.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 38th percentile — 38.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.005 · change: +0.001

Affected products

Sayandatta Simple Posts Ticker
Simple Posts Ticker — versions 0

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

wpscan.com/vulnerability/e9b9a594-c960-4692-823e-23fc60cca7e7 (Exploit, technical-description, Third Party Advisory, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-4725?: CVE-2023-4725 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Sayandatta Simple Posts Ticker, classified under CWE-79 CROSS-SITE SCRIPTING (XSS). CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2023-10-16.
How severe is CVE-2023-4725?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-4725 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.