Vulnerability · CVE-2025-39516
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Alan Petersen Author WIP Progress Bar author-work-in-progress-bar allows DOM-B
Published Apr 16, 2025 · catalog updated Apr 28, 2026 · Alan Petersen Author WIP Progress Bar
Check if you run it
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-39516. EPSS is 0.36%. Act only if a listed version of Alan Petersen Author WIP Progress Bar is installed.
Gaps on this record
- No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
- Severity
- Medium6.5
- Known exploitation
- Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 0.36%
- Remediation
- Advisory link
- Affected products
- vendor Alan Petersen Author WIP Progress Bar 0 ≤1.0
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Alan Petersen Author WIP Progress Bar author-work-in-progress-bar allows DOM-Based XSS.This issue affects Author WIP Progress Bar: from n/a through <= 1.0.
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- vendor Alan Petersen Author WIP Progress Bar 0 ≤1.00 ≤1.0
How to fix CVE-2025-39516
Recommended remediation
A patch or advisory reference is linked. Open the original publisher for availability by product version.
Official advisories
What to do
Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.
Should you patch?
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-39516. EPSS is 0.36%. Act only if a listed version of Alan Petersen Author WIP Progress Bar is installed.
Which versions are affected?
Compare what you have installed with Alan Petersen Author WIP Progress Bar 0 ≤1.0 0 ≤1.0. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.
What should an analyst verify?
No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.36%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.
Code
The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.
No public source repository is identified for this product.
Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
Apr 16, 2025 · EUVD
Detected
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Alan Petersen Author WIP Progress Bar author-work-in-progress-bar allows DOM-Based XSS.This issue affects Author WIP Progress Bar: from n/a through <= 1.0.
Apr 28, 2026 · EUVD
Updated
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Alan Petersen Author WIP Progress Bar author-work-in-progress-bar allows DOM-Based XSS.This issue affects Author WIP Progress Bar: from n/a through <= 1.0.
Sources
- CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-39516
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-39516
30-day exploitation probability 0.4%
first.org - EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-11343
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Alan Petersen Author WIP Progress Bar author-work-in-progress-bar allows DOM-Based XSS.This issue affects Author WIP Progress Bar: from n/a through <= 1.0.
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References
Freshness
Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.