Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-22338

High

Published: 07 January 2025

Published
07 January 2025
Modified
23 April 2026
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 7.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
EPSS Score 0.0015 35.6th percentile
Risk Priority 14 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2025-22338 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 Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 35.6th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

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

Deeper analysis

CVE-2025-22338 is an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability, classified as Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) under CWE-79, affecting the WP-tagMaker plugin (also known as tagmaker) by lich_wang for WordPress. The issue impacts all versions from n/a through 0.2.2, as published on 2025-01-07.

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 it is exploitable remotely over the network with low complexity and no required privileges, though it necessitates user interaction. Attackers can deliver malicious payloads via reflected inputs on web pages generated by the plugin, potentially achieving low-level impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability within a changed security scope.

Patchstack documents this Reflected XSS vulnerability in their database entry for the WordPress WP-tagMaker plugin version 0.2.2.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in lich_wang WP-tagMaker tagmaker allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects WP-tagMaker: from n/a through <= 0.2.2.

CWE(s)
CWE-79

Related Threats

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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T1204.001 Malicious Link Execution
An adversary may rely upon a user clicking a malicious link in order to gain execution.
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Why these techniques?

Reflected XSS in public-facing WordPress plugin directly enables exploitation of web apps (T1190) and client-side JS execution (T1059.007) via malicious links (T1204.001).

Confidence: HIGH · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v18.1

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Affected Assets

Mitigating Controls

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

SI-15 Information Output Filtering good match
prevent

Directly mandates filtering of information outputs during web page generation to neutralize reflected XSS payloads and prevent script execution in victims' browsers.

SI-10 Information Input Validation good match
prevent

Requires validation of user inputs to the WP-tagMaker plugin, addressing the improper neutralization that enables reflected XSS attacks.

SI-2 Flaw Remediation good match
preventrecover

Ensures timely remediation of the specific flaw in WP-tagMaker versions <=0.2.2 through identification, reporting, and correction.

References