6.5

CVE-2025-62761: basepress knowledge base documentation & wiki plugin – basepress Cross-site Scripting

CVSS: 6.5v3.1MediumDeferred
Published 31-12-2025Last modified 12-05-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-62761 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in basepress knowledge base documentation & wiki plugin – basepress. EPSS estimates a 0.17% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 5.8% of scored vulnerabilities. Fixed in 2.17.0.2.

Overall risk
26/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.17%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 31-12-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 12-05-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in BasePress Knowledge Base documentation & wiki plugin – BasePress basepress allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Knowledge Base documentation & wiki plugin – BasePress: from n/a through <= 2.17.0.1.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.17%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

6%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.17% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.17%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Basepress1 product
Wordpress1 product
  • basepress≤ 2.17.0.1 (fixed in 2.17.0.2)

2 vendors · 2 products

References

2 links