SOC status:Duty analyst on shift

UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2021-25016

The Chaty WordPress plugin before 2.8.3 and Chaty Pro WordPress plugin before 2.8.2 do not sanitise and escape the search parameter before outputting it back in the admin dashboard, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

MEDIUM 6.1EPSS 1.80%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.80%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

The Chaty WordPress plugin before 2.8.3 and Chaty Pro WordPress plugin before 2.8.2 do not sanitise and escape the search parameter before outputting it back in the admin dashboard, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

CVSS 3.1
6.1 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS
1.80% probability · 78th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-79
Affected
premio/chaty · premio/chaty pro
Source
contact@wpscan.com
EPSS trend
0%3%5%26 October 2026: 1.80%26 October 202626 October 2026

EPSS 1.8% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.