Vulnerability · CVE-2025-3858
The Formality plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘align’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.5.8 due to insufficient input sani
Published May 2, 2025 · catalog updated Apr 8, 2026 · Formality
Check if you run it
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-3858. EPSS is 0.28%. Act only if a listed version of Formality is installed.
- Severity
- Medium6.4
- Known exploitation
- Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 0.28%
- Remediation
- Vendor / distro source
- Affected products
- vendor michelegiorgi Formality 0 ≤1.5.8
The Formality plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘align’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.5.8 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
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- vendor michelegiorgi Formality 0 ≤1.5.80 ≤1.5.8
How to fix CVE-2025-3858
Recommended remediation
A vendor or distribution source is linked. Check that advisory for patch availability; this catalog does not invent fix status.
Official advisories
What to do
Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.
Should you patch?
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-3858. EPSS is 0.28%. Act only if a listed version of Formality is installed.
Which versions are affected?
Compare what you have installed with michelegiorgi Formality 0 ≤1.5.8 0 ≤1.5.8. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.
What should an analyst verify?
No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.28%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.
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Code
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Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
May 2, 2025 · EUVD
Detected
The Formality plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘align’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.5.8 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected p
Apr 8, 2026 · EUVD
Updated
The Formality plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘align’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.5.8 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected p
Sources
- CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-3858
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-3858
30-day exploitation probability 0.3%
first.org - EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-13294
The Formality plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘align’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.5.8 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-l
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References
Freshness
Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.