---
id: CVE-2025-57979
title: >-
  Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site
  Scripting') vulnerability in Russell Jamieson AuthorSure authorsure allows
  Stored XSS.This issue affects AuthorSure: from n/a through <= 2.3.
summary: >-
  Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site
  Scripting') vulnerability in Russell Jamieson AuthorSure authorsure allows
  Stored XSS.This issue affects AuthorSure: from n/a through <= 2.3.
severity: medium
cvss: 5.9
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L'
cwe:
  - CWE-79
published: '2025-09-22'
updated: '2026-09-30'
sourceUpdated: '2026-09-30T23:10:00.237'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-57979'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/authorsure/vulnerability/wordpress-authorsure-plugin-2-3-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
    label: audit@patchstack.com
tags:
  - nvd
epss: 0.00225
epssPercentile: 0.11915
ingestedAt: '2026-09-30T23:29:32.394Z'
---

## Overview

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Russell Jamieson AuthorSure authorsure allows Stored XSS.This issue affects AuthorSure: from n/a through <= 2.3.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.