CVE-2025-12551
Published: 08 January 2026
Summary
CVE-2025-12551 is a high-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability. Its CVSS base score is 7.1 (High).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Malicious Link (T1204.001); ranked at the 19.9th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Threat & Defense at a Glance
Threat & Defense Details
Likely Mitigating ControlsAI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Penetration testing submits XSS payloads to web applications, detecting cross-site scripting flaws for subsequent remediation.
Validates web inputs to reject script-related content that could produce XSS.
Output validation against expected content can reject or sanitize script content in generated web pages, reducing XSS exploitability.
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
Reflected XSS enables malicious link delivery for user execution and direct browser script execution for session hijacking/cookie theft.
NVD Description
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in e-plugins ListingHub listinghub allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects ListingHub: from n/a through 1.2.6.
Deeper analysisAI
CVE-2025-12551 is an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability, classified as Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) under CWE-79, in the e-plugins ListingHub WordPress plugin. This issue affects ListingHub versions from n/a through 1.2.6.
The vulnerability carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.1 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L), indicating network accessibility, low attack complexity, no required privileges, and user interaction such as clicking a malicious link. Remote attackers can exploit it by tricking authenticated or unauthenticated users into interacting with crafted input reflected in web pages, achieving limited impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability within a changed scope.
Patchstack's advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/listinghub/vulnerability/wordpress-listinghub-plugin-1-2-6-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve documents the Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in the WordPress ListingHub plugin version 1.2.6. Practitioners should review this reference for specific mitigation guidance and patch information.
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