CVE-2025-22501 (GCVE-0-2025-22501)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-03-28 15:12 – Updated: 2026-04-28 16:11
VLAI?
Title
WordPress Improve My City plugin <= 1.6 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
Summary
Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page (Basic XSS) vulnerability in Improve My City Improve My City improve-my-city allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects Improve My City: from n/a through <= 1.6.
Severity ?
7.1 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
CWE
  • CWE-80 - Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page (Basic XSS)
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Improve My City Improve My City Affected: 0 , ≤ 1.6 (custom)
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Date Public ?
2026-04-01 16:31
Credits
Trương Hữu Phúc (truonghuuphuc) | Patchstack Bug Bounty Program
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