CVE-2025-1401

HighPublic PoC

Published: 13 March 2025

Published

13 March 2025

Modified

29 April 2025

KEV Added

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Patch

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CVSS Score 7.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

EPSS Score 0.0009 25.0th percentile

Risk Priority 14 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2025-1401 is a high-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in S-A Wp Click Info. Its CVSS base score is 7.1 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique JavaScript (T1059.007); ranked at the 25.0th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified are NIST 800-53 SI-10 (Information Input Validation) and SI-15 (Information Output Filtering).

Threat & Defense at a Glance

What attackers do: exploitation maps to JavaScript (T1059.007) and 1 other technique. What defenders deploy: see the NIST 800-53 controls recommended below.

Threat & Defense Details

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5)AI

SI-15 Information Output Filtering good match

prevent

SI-15 mandates filtering of output to prevent execution of injected scripts, directly addressing the failure to escape parameters before page output in this reflected XSS vulnerability.

SI-10 Information Input Validation good match

prevent

SI-10 requires validation and sanitization of inputs, mitigating the unsanitized parameter handling that enables script injection in this CVE.

SI-2 Flaw Remediation good match

prevent

SI-2 ensures timely identification, reporting, and correction of flaws like this plugin vulnerability through patching or updates.

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1059.007 JavaScript Execution

Adversaries may abuse various implementations of JavaScript for execution.

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T1185 Browser Session Hijacking Collection

Adversaries may take advantage of security vulnerabilities and inherent functionality in browser software to change content, modify user-behaviors, and intercept information as part of various browser session hijacking techniques.

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Why these techniques?

Reflected XSS enables arbitrary JavaScript execution in browser (T1059.007) and facilitates session cookie theft for hijacking (T1185).

Confidence: HIGH · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v19.0

NVD Description

The WP Click Info WordPress plugin through 2.7.4 does not sanitise and escape a parameter before outputting it back in the page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting which could be used against high privilege users such as admin

Deeper analysisAI

CVE-2025-1401 is a reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability, classified under CWE-79, affecting the WP Click Info WordPress plugin in versions through 2.7.4. The plugin fails to sanitize and escape a parameter before outputting it back in the page, enabling attackers to inject and execute arbitrary scripts in users' browsers.

The vulnerability has 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. Attackers can exploit it by tricking high-privilege users, such as administrators, into interacting with crafted payloads, potentially leading to theft of session cookies, account takeover, or other browser-based attacks within the changed security scope.

Mitigation details are available in the WPScan advisory at https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/072620a2-76db-49d2-aae5-1170c409f7e7/.