How severe is CVE-2025-2166?

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

XSS in Creativemindssolutions Cm Faq – Simplify Support With An Intuitive Management Tool

CVE-2025-2166

The CM FAQ – Simplify support with an intuitive FAQ management tool plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting due to the use of remove_query_arg without appropriate escaping on the URL in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.5. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.003 (22.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Creativemindssolutions Cm Faq – Simplify Support With An Intuitive Management Tool — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-2166?: CVE-2025-2166 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Creativemindssolutions Cm Faq – Simplify Support With An Intuitive Management Tool, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2025-03-14.
How severe is CVE-2025-2166?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.