Vulnerabilities

Vulnerability · CVE-2025-48252

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in WPFactory Back Button Widget back-button-widget allows Stored XSS.This issue a

Published May 19, 2025 · catalog updated Apr 28, 2026 · WPFactory Back Button Widget

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-48252. EPSS is 0.27%. Act only if a listed version of WPFactory Back Button Widget is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
Medium6.5
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.27%
Remediation
Advisory link
Affected products
vendor WPFactory Back Button Widget 0 ≤1.6.8

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in WPFactory Back Button Widget back-button-widget allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Back Button Widget: from n/a through <= 1.6.8.

Are you affected?

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  • vendor WPFactory Back Button Widget 0 ≤1.6.80 ≤1.6.8

How to fix CVE-2025-48252

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-2025-48252. EPSS is 0.27%. Act only if a listed version of WPFactory Back Button Widget is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with WPFactory Back Button Widget 0 ≤1.6.8 0 ≤1.6.8. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.27%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

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No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. May 19, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in WPFactory Back Button Widget back-button-widget allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Back Button Widget: from n/a through <= 1.6.8.

  2. Apr 28, 2026 · EUVD

    Updated

    Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in WPFactory Back Button Widget back-button-widget allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Back Button Widget: from n/a through <= 1.6.8.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-48252

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-48252

    30-day exploitation probability 0.3%

    first.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-28172

    Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in WPFactory Back Button Widget back-button-widget allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Back Button Widget: from n/a through <= 1.6.8.

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

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.