CVE-2025-23588Network attack vector

Reflected XSS via improperly neutralized request input

Published Feb 3, 2025 · Updated Apr 28, 2026

Reflected XSS in WOW WordPress WOW Best CSS Compiler 2.0.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute script via crafted input. Patchstack has not published the affected parameter or code path, but identifies inadequate neutralization of request input during page generation. Exploitation requires a victim to interact with a crafted request, after which script runs in the victim's browser context and can read or alter data available to that page.

CVSS severity7.1
High
EPSS probability0.32%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Reflected XSS in WOW WordPress WOW Best CSS Compiler 2.0.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute script via crafted input. Patchstack has not published the affected parameter or code path, but identifies inadequate neutralization of request input during page generation. Exploitation requires a victim to interact with a crafted request, after which script runs in the victim's browser context and can read or alter data available to that page.

The record

CVE
CVE-2025-23588
Published
Feb 3, 2025
Updated
Apr 28, 2026
Vendor
WOW WordPress
Product
WOW Best CSS Compiler
Classifications
CWE-79, CAPEC-591, T1189
Attack vector
network
Privileges
unauthenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Feb 3, 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 <=2.0.2

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectornetwork
Required privilegesunauthenticated

What is affected?

WOW WordPress · WOW Best CSS Compilerversion=0 <=2.0.2

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
T1189Drive-by Compromise

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