CVE-2025-2166 Information

Description

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.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/cm-faq/tags/1.2.4/package/cminds-free.php#L2662 https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/cm-faq/tags/1.2.5/package/cminds-free.php#L2662 https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/cm-faq/tags/1.2.6/package/cminds-free.php#L2662 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8b8d21cb-fe87-4947-a44b-7d670cf2123e?source=cve

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact

CHANGED

Integrity Impact

LOW

Availability Impact

LOW

Base Score

NONE

Base Severity

6.1