XSS in Easy Social Icons
CVE-2025-15701
The Easy Social Icons WordPress plugin before 4.0.3 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings before outputting them on front-end pages, which could allow high-privilege users such as Administrators to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed, for example on a multisite network.
Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)
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CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 3.5 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
No EPSS score from FIRST.org yet. New CVEs usually get one within a few days; no score means no signal yet, not low risk. How EPSS works.
Affected products
- Easy Social Icons
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- wpscan.com/vulnerability/32a2349b-515e-4616-ab53-a7a536ade5a7/ (technical-description, exploit, vdb-entry)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2025-15701?
- CVE-2025-15701 is a low-severity vulnerability in Easy Social Icons, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 3.5/10. Published 2026-11-05.
- How severe is CVE-2025-15701?
- Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.5 out of 10.