---
id: CVE-2025-57981
title: >-
  Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site
  Scripting') vulnerability in catchsquare WP Social Widget wp-social-widget
  allows Stored XSS.This issue affects WP Social Widget: from n/a through <=
  2.3.1.
summary: >-
  Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site
  Scripting') vulnerability in catchsquare WP Social Widget wp-social-widget
  allows Stored XSS.This issue affects WP Social Widget: from n/a through <=
  2.3.1.
severity: medium
cvss: 6.5
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L'
cwe:
  - CWE-79
vendor: catchsquare
product: wp_social_widget
affected:
  - wp_social_widget <= 2.3.1
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-2025-57981'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/wp-social-widget/vulnerability/wordpress-wp-social-widget-plugin-2-3-1-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
    label: audit@patchstack.com
tags:
  - nvd
epss: 0.00211
epssPercentile: 0.10297
ingestedAt: '2026-09-30T23:29:32.394Z'
---

## Overview

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in catchsquare WP Social Widget wp-social-widget allows Stored XSS.This issue affects WP Social Widget: from n/a through <= 2.3.1.

## Affected

- `wp_social_widget <= 2.3.1`

## Remediation

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