Unauthenticated browser script execution
Published Mar 3, 2025 · Updated May 11, 2026
Reflected XSS in Rachel Cherry Authors Autocomplete Meta Box 1.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to run script via a crafted link. Patchstack and the CNA record do not identify the affected request parameter, rendering function, or missing output-encoding operation. Exploitation requires a privileged user to follow the link or otherwise submit attacker-controlled input; the script then executes in that user's browser context.
Summary
What happened
Reflected XSS in Rachel Cherry Authors Autocomplete Meta Box 1.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to run script via a crafted link. Patchstack and the CNA record do not identify the affected request parameter, rendering function, or missing output-encoding operation. Exploitation requires a privileged user to follow the link or otherwise submit attacker-controlled input; the script then executes in that user's browser context.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-25169
- Published
- Mar 3, 2025
- Updated
- May 11, 2026
- Vendor
- Rachel Cherry
- Product
- Authors Autocomplete Meta Box
- Classifications
- CWE-79, CAPEC-591, T1203
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Mar 3, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- May 11, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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