What is CVE-2025-15697?

CVE-2025-15697 is a high-severity vulnerability in Dictionary, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 7.1/10. Published 2026-09-17.

How severe is CVE-2025-15697?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.1 out of 10.

XSS in Dictionary

CVE-2025-15697

The Dictionary WordPress plugin through 1.0 does not escape user input before reflecting it back in the responses of several directly accessible scripts, allowing unauthenticated attackers to perform Reflected Cross-Site Scripting attacks against anyone they can induce to submit a crafted request.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L.

Affected products

Unknown Dictionary

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

contact@wpscan.com (technical-description, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-15697?: CVE-2025-15697 is a high-severity vulnerability in Dictionary, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 7.1/10. Published 2026-09-17.
How severe is CVE-2025-15697?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.1 out of 10.