What is CVE-2025-53460?

CVE-2025-53460 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Syed Balkhi Affiliatewp – External Referral Links, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2025-09-22.

How severe is CVE-2025-53460?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.

XSS in Syed Balkhi Affiliatewp – External Referral Links

CVE-2025-53460

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Syed Balkhi AffiliateWP – External Referral Links affiliatewp-external-referral-links allows Stored XSS.This issue affects AffiliateWP – External Referral Links: from n/a through <= 1.2.0.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.003 (19.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L.

Affected products

Syed Balkhi Affiliatewp – External Referral Links — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

audit@patchstack.com (vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-53460?: CVE-2025-53460 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Syed Balkhi Affiliatewp – External Referral Links, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2025-09-22.
How severe is CVE-2025-53460?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.