Vulnerability · Published Oct 27, 2025 · Assigned by Patchstack
CVE-2025-62894WordPress ACF Recent Posts Widget plugin <= 5.9.3 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
Medium 6.5
In plain English
A medium-severity cross-site scripting in ACF Recent Posts Widget from magicoders. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 11% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 88.7% 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 magicoders ACF Recent Posts Widget acf-recent-posts-widget allows Stored XSS.This issue affects ACF Recent Posts Widget: from n/a through <= 5.9.3.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| magicoders | ACF Recent Posts Widget | 0 – through 5.9.3 |
Weakness: CWE-79 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L