CVE-2025-39516 – WordPress Author WIP Progress Bar <= 1.0 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability

https://notcve.org/view.php?id=CVE-2025-39516

16 Apr 2025 — Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Alan Petersen Author WIP Progress Bar allows DOM-Based XSS. This issue affects Author WIP Progress Bar: from n/a through 1.0. The Author WIP Progress Bar plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting in versions up to, and including, 1.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above,... • https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/author-work-in-progress-bar/vulnerability/wordpress-author-wip-progress-bar-1-0-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve • CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') •