CVE-2025-15697

HIGHPre-NVD 7.17.1—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 7.1 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-09-17. CISA-ADP (Vulnrichment) CVSS v3.1 baseline 7.1; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: cisa-adp, epss, ghsa
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
7.1EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan mitigationSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0.2%CVSS: 7.1Exploit: None knownExposed services: Not assessed

No fix is confirmed yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for the fix.

The Dictionary WordPress plugin through 1.0 does not escape user input before reflecting it back in the responses of several directly accessible scripts, allowing unauthenticated attackers to perform Reflected Cross-Site Scripting attacks against anyone they can induce to submit a crafted request.

CVSS v3
7.1
EG Score
7.1HIGHhigh confidence
EG Risk
32
EG Risk 32/100CISA SSVC

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity71% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
CISA SSVC: Track at every mission impact level.
Action: No fix is confirmed yet. Restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation within your standard update timelines, and watch the vendor's advisory for the fix.
EPSS PROB
0.2%
EPSS %ILE
5th
KEV
Not listed

CISA SSVCTrack at every mission impact level.

No fix is confirmed yet. Restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation within your standard update timelines, and watch the vendor's advisory for the fix.

Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it: high means the affected system is essential to your organisation's mission, or its compromise could cause irreversible harm to people. CISA's decision table

Published

September 17, 2026

Last Modified

September 18, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Sep 17, 2026
🔬 Proof of concept available. No patch confirmed yet.
generic🟡 PoC Available

Dictionary <= 1.0 – Reflected XSS via Multiple Parameters | CVE 2025-15697 | Plugin Vulnerabilities

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/b0d12b0d-4717-4854-8911-2a0e60eed515/

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2025-15697(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 27× in last 7d / 73× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-10-05 03:08 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-10-05 03:08 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-10-04 23:21 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-10-04 14:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-10-04 02:37 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-10-03 14:26 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-10-03 14:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-10-03 14:24 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-10-03 02:14 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-10-03 02:14 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-10-02 14:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-10-02 01:51 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-10-02 01:51 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-10-01 19:48 UTCEPSS rescore
  15. 2026-10-01 13:31 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-10-01 01:20 UTCEG score recompute
  17. 2026-10-01 01:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-09-30 15:02 UTCEPSS rescore
  19. 2026-09-30 15:02 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-09-30 13:09 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-09-30 00:47 UTCEG score recompute
  22. 2026-09-30 00:47 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-09-29 12:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-09-28 23:52 UTCEG score recompute
  25. 2026-09-28 23:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  1. 2026-09-28 13:50 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-09-28 11:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-09-27 23:24 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-09-27 23:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-09-27 11:12 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-09-26 22:57 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-09-26 22:57 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-09-26 15:58 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-09-26 15:57 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-09-26 10:45 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-09-26 10:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-09-25 22:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-09-25 09:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-09-24 21:34 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-09-24 21:34 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-09-24 14:02 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-09-24 09:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-09-23 21:12 UTCEG score recompute
  19. 2026-09-23 21:12 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-09-23 13:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  21. 2026-09-23 09:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-09-22 20:49 UTCEG score recompute
  23. 2026-09-22 20:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-09-22 14:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  25. 2026-09-22 08:37 UTCEG score recompute
  26. 2026-09-22 08:37 UTCGHSA enrichment
  27. 2026-09-21 20:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
  28. 2026-09-21 08:15 UTCEG score recompute
  29. 2026-09-21 08:15 UTCGHSA enrichment
  30. 2026-09-20 20:14 UTCEPSS rescore
  31. 2026-09-20 20:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
  32. 2026-09-20 07:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
  33. 2026-09-19 19:37 UTCEG score recompute
  34. 2026-09-19 19:37 UTCGHSA enrichment
  35. 2026-09-19 07:25 UTCEG score recompute
  36. 2026-09-19 07:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
  37. 2026-09-18 19:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  38. 2026-09-18 19:14 UTCGHSA enrichment
  39. 2026-09-18 13:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
  40. 2026-09-18 01:34 UTCEG score recompute
  41. 2026-09-18 01:34 UTCGHSA enrichment
  42. 2026-09-17 13:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
  43. 2026-09-17 12:38 UTCEG score recompute▲ 7.10
  44. 2026-09-17 12:38 UTCGHSA enrichment
  45. 2026-09-17 12:34 UTCMITRE cvelistV5CVSS v3 → 7.1 · severity → HIGH
  46. 2026-09-17 06:23 UTCNVD update
  47. 2026-09-17 06:04 UTCEG score recompute
  48. 2026-09-17 06:04 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2025-15697?
CVE-2025-15697 is a high vulnerability published on September 17, 2026. The Dictionary WordPress plugin through 1.0 does not escape user input before reflecting it back in the responses of several directly accessible scripts, allowing unauthenticated attackers to perform Reflected Cross-Site Scripting attacks against anyone they can induce to submit a crafted request.
When was CVE-2025-15697 disclosed?
CVE-2025-15697 was first published on September 17, 2026, with the most recent update on September 18, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2025-15697 actively exploited?
CVE-2025-15697 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (5th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2025-15697?
CVE-2025-15697 has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.1 (CISA-ADP / Vulnrichment enrichment; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2025-15697?
No fix for CVE-2025-15697 is confirmed yet. Until one is published, restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation — for example, keep it off the internet or limit it to trusted networks — and watch the vendor's advisory for the fix. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2025-15697 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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