CVE-2025-25169 – WordPress Authors Autocomplete Meta Box plugin <= 1.2 - Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

https://notcve.org/view.php?id=CVE-2025-25169

02 Feb 2025 — Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in NotFound Authors Autocomplete Meta Box allows Reflected XSS. This issue affects Authors Autocomplete Meta Box: from n/a through 1.2. The Authors Autocomplete Meta Box plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting in all versions up to, and including, 1.2 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary... • https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/authors-autocomplete-meta-box/vulnerability/wordpress-authors-autocomplete-meta-box-plugin-1-2-reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve • CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') •