5.9

CVE-2025-47520: WordPress Charitable plugin <= 1.8.5.1 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability

Deferred
Published 07-05-2025Last modified 28-04-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-47520 is a medium (CVSS 5.9) Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in syed balkhi charitable. EPSS estimates a 0.27% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 18.8% of scored vulnerabilities. Fixed in 1.8.5.2.

Overall risk
24/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.9/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.27%
0%100%
Low · +0.01 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 07-05-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 28-04-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Syed Balkhi Charitable charitable allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Charitable: from n/a through <= 1.8.5.1.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.27%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

19%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

Increase +0.01 pp

From 0.26% on 22-09-2026

22-09-202622-10-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Syed balkhi1 product
Wordpress1 product
  • charitable≤ 1.8.5.1 (fixed in 1.8.5.2)

2 vendors · 2 products

References

2 links