Vulnerability · Published Mar 27, 2025 · Assigned by Patchstack

CVE-2025-30903WordPress SyntaxHighlighter Evolved plugin <= 3.7.1 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

Medium 6.5

In plain English

A medium-severity cross-site scripting in SyntaxHighlighter Evolved from Alex Mills. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 23% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 77.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Alex Mills SyntaxHighlighter Evolved syntaxhighlighter allows DOM-Based XSS.This issue affects SyntaxHighlighter Evolved: from n/a through <= 3.7.1.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Alex Mills SyntaxHighlighter Evolved 0 – through 3.7.1

Weakness: CWE-79 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

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