---
title: "CVE-2025-15697: Dictionary WordPress plugin - Reflected XSS"
description: "Dictionary WordPress plugin through 1.0 contains a reflected XSS caused by unescaped user input in several scripts, letting unauthenticated attackers execute scripts via crafted requests."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2025-15697/
---

# CVE-2025-15697 Dictionary WordPress plugin - Reflected XSS

Dictionary WordPress plugin through 1.0 contains a reflected XSS caused by unescaped user input in several scripts, letting unauthenticated attackers execute scripts via crafted requests.

CVSS base score 7.1 /10

High

CISA KEV

Not listed

Public exploit

None known

Authentication

Not required

EPSS

0.16% chance of exploitation in 30 days

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-15697)

## Details

Type

Reflected XSS

Impact

Client Script Exec

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

Published

17 September 2026

Updated

15 October 2026

Weakness

[CWE-79](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/79.html)

## Vendor fix

Update to the latest version of the Dictionary WordPress plugin.

Patching closes this CVE. It does not tell you which of your systems run the affected version, or what else is exposed alongside them.

## References

- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-15697](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-15697)
- [https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/b0d12b0d-4717-4854-8911-2a0e60eed515/](https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/b0d12b0d-4717-4854-8911-2a0e60eed515/)

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## What this record can't tell you

- Whether you run the affected software, and where
- Whether an attacker can actually reach and exploit it
- The misconfigurations that never get a CVE number
- What it would cost the business, ranked into what to fix first

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