CVE Catalog

CVE-2025-60142

MediumCVSS 6.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.21%

10th percentile - higher than 10% of all known CVEs

Summary

The Simple Meta Tags WordPress plugin contains a DOM-Based Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability caused by improper neutralization of input during web page generation. The issue affects versions up to and including 1.5.

Risk Assessment

An attacker can inject malicious JavaScript that executes in the victim's browser, potentially leading to session or credential theft. All sites running the vulnerable plugin version are at risk.

Recommendation

Update the Simple Meta Tags plugin to the latest version available from the vendor that does not contain the vulnerability. If updating is not possible, consider disabling the plugin until a fix is released.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in DaganLev Simple Meta Tags simple-meta-tags allows DOM-Based XSS.This issue affects Simple Meta Tags: from n/a through <= 1.5.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS