CVE-2025-69140
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedUnauthenticated Cross Site Scripting (XSS) in SweetDate Core < 1.1.5 versions.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceAn unauthenticated Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in SweetDate Core versions prior to 1.1.5. The flaw allows remote attackers to inject malicious JavaScript code through unsanitized user inputs, which then executes in the browsers of victims who view affected pages.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Locate SweetDate Core installation and versionCheck your web application's version file, admin dashboard 'About' page, or version metadata in the codebase. Common locations include version.php, package.json, or a config file with version info.Affected if Cannot determine version or version is below 1.1.5
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Confirm version is within affected rangeCompare your installed version number to the affected range: any version prior to 1.1.5 is vulnerable.Affected if Installed version is 1.1.4 or lower
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Identify user input acceptance pointsReview your SweetDate Core deployment for forms, profile fields, comment sections, search inputs, or any feature that accepts and displays user-supplied data.Affected if The application accepts and displays any user input without sanitization
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Verify external accessibility of input fieldsTest whether the identified user input fields are accessible to unauthenticated (anonymous) visitors by attempting to submit data without logging in.Affected if Unauthenticated users can submit input that gets reflected in pages
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Check for existing input sanitizationInspect the application's handling of user inputs in the source code or test by submitting HTML/JavaScript characters like <script>alert(1)</script> to see if they are rendered or sanitized.Affected if User input is rendered without sanitization or encoding
Your environment is affected if SweetDate Core version is below 1.1.5 and the application exposes any user input fields to unauthenticated users without proper sanitization.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
dbcve · scopedUpgrade SweetDate Core to version 1.1.5 or later. If immediate patching is not feasible, deploy WAF rules to filter XSS attack vectors and sanitize all user-supplied input.
Upgrade to SweetDate Core version 1.1.5 or later
- Log in to the WordPress admin dashboard
- Navigate to Appearance > Themes or Plugins > Installed Plugins
- Locate the SweetDate theme or core plugin
- Click Update Now or Update to version 1.1.5 or later
- Verify the update completed successfully
- Test the affected functionality to confirm the vulnerability is remediated
Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.
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- Review / QA2.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
Primary sourcesPractitioner notes
ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2025-69140 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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