CVE-2025-68840

HIGHPre-NVD 7.17.1—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 7.1 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-06-15. the CNA's CVSS baseline 7.1; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: cna:patchstack, epss, ghsa
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
7.1EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 7.1Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

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

Unauthenticated Cross Site Scripting (XSS) in iRobots.txt SEO <= 1.1.2 versions.

CVSS v3
7.1
EG Score
7.1(medium)
EG Risk
32(Track)
EG Risk 32/100SSVC: Track

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%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
7%
KEV
Not listed

Published

June 15, 2026

Last Modified

June 15, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Jun 21, 2026
Patch available.
generic Patch Available

Cross Site Scripting (XSS) in WordPress iRobots.txt SEO Plugin - Patchstack

https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/irobotstxt-seo/vulnerability/wordpress-irobots-txt-seo-plugin-1-1-2-reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2025-68840(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 9× in last 7d / 44× 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.

Showing the most recent 100 of 238 total refreshes for this CVE.

  1. 2026-09-16 05:14 UTCEPSS rescore
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  4. 2026-09-14 03:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  1. 2026-08-23 23:18 UTCGHSA enrichment
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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2025-68840?
CVE-2025-68840 is a high vulnerability published on June 15, 2026. Unauthenticated Cross Site Scripting (XSS) in iRobots.txt SEO <= 1.1.2 versions.
When was CVE-2025-68840 disclosed?
CVE-2025-68840 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on June 15, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2025-68840 actively exploited?
CVE-2025-68840 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 92.8% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2025-68840?
CVE-2025-68840 has a CVSS v4.0 base score of 7.1 (CNA self-assessment; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2025-68840?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2025-68840, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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