CVE-2025-1486

HighPublic PoC

Published: 13 March 2025

Published

13 March 2025

Modified

09 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-2025-1486 is a high-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Andreafarracani Wowpth. Its CVSS base score is 7.1 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); 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 Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190) 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

Directly addresses the failure to escape output by requiring filtering of information output to neutralize malicious scripts before page rendering.

SI-10 Information Input Validation good match

prevent

Mitigates reflected XSS by validating and sanitizing untrusted input parameters to prevent injection of malicious scripts.

SI-2 Flaw Remediation good match

prevent

Requires timely remediation of the plugin flaw through patching or updates to eliminate the unsanitized output vulnerability.

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access

Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.

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T1059.007 JavaScript Execution

Adversaries may abuse various implementations of JavaScript for execution.

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Why these techniques?

Reflected XSS in public-facing WordPress plugin enables exploitation of public-facing applications (T1190) and execution of arbitrary JavaScript via malicious link (T1059.007).

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

NVD Description

The WoWPth WordPress plugin through 2.0 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-2025-2025-1486, published on 2025-03-13, is a reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the WoWPth WordPress plugin through version 2.0. The plugin fails to sanitize and escape a parameter before outputting it back in the page, enabling attackers to inject malicious scripts. It 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) and maps to CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation).

An unauthenticated attacker can exploit this over the network with low complexity by tricking a high-privilege user, such as an administrator, into interacting with a malicious link or page (UI:R). Upon success, arbitrary JavaScript executes in the victim's browser context with changed scope (S:C), potentially leading to low-level impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, such as session hijacking or unauthorized actions as the targeted user.

The WPScan advisory at https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/182ecda8-3385-4f9f-a917-efdeb237247c/ provides additional details on this vulnerability, including potential mitigation steps.