CVE-2025-23428Network attack vector

Unauthenticated reflected XSS via unescaped input

Published Feb 14, 2025 · Updated Apr 28, 2026

Reflected XSS in Arash Safari QMean 2.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to run scripts in a user's browser via a crafted link. Published sources identify insufficient input sanitization and output escaping, but do not disclose the affected request parameter, endpoint, or function. Exploitation requires no authentication but requires a user to open the crafted link, allowing script execution in the QMean site's browser origin.

CVSS severity7.1
High
EPSS probability0.28%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Reflected XSS in Arash Safari QMean 2.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to run scripts in a user's browser via a crafted link. Published sources identify insufficient input sanitization and output escaping, but do not disclose the affected request parameter, endpoint, or function. Exploitation requires no authentication but requires a user to open the crafted link, allowing script execution in the QMean site's browser origin.

The record

CVE
CVE-2025-23428
Published
Feb 14, 2025
Updated
Apr 28, 2026
Vendor
Arash Safari
Product
QMean – WordPress Did You Mean and Search Suggestion Like Google
Classifications
CWE-79, CAPEC-591, T1204.001, T1203
Attack vector
network
Privileges
unauthenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Feb 14, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Apr 28, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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Is a vulnerable build present?

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  1. Affected versionversion=0 <=2.0

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectornetwork
Required privilegesunauthenticated

What is affected?

Arash Safari · QMean – WordPress Did You Mean and Search Suggestion Like Googleversion=0 <=2.0

Published CVSS scores

7.1PatchstackCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

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Attacks

What attackers are doing with it

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectornetwork
Privilegesunauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CAPEC-591Reflected XSS
T1204.001Malicious Link
T1203Exploitation for Client Execution

Public exploit references

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