CVE-2025-31537 (GCVE-0-2025-31537)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-04-01 20:58 – Updated: 2026-04-28 16:12
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
WordPress Bulk NoIndex & NoFollow Toolkit plugin <= 2.16 - Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
Summary
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in madfishdigital Bulk NoIndex & NoFollow Toolkit bulk-noindex-nofollow-toolkit-by-mad-fish allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects Bulk NoIndex & NoFollow Toolkit: from n/a through <= 2.16.
Severity
7.1 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-04-02 13:40 UTC
CWE
- CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Assigner
References
1 reference
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/… | vdb-entry |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| madfishdigital | Bulk NoIndex & NoFollow Toolkit |
Affected:
0 , ≤ 2.16
(custom)
|
guessed |
Date Public
2026-04-01 16:37
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