CVE-2025-22344
Published: 13 January 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-22344 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 30.5th 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-2025-22344 is an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability, classified as Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) under CWE-79, in the Media Category Library WordPress plugin by timmcdaniels (media-category-library). This issue affects all versions from n/a through 2.7 inclusive, as published on 2025-01-13.
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 privileges required, and user interaction needed, with changed scope and low impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Remote attackers can exploit it by tricking authenticated or unauthenticated users into interacting with malicious input, such as a crafted link or payload reflected in the web page, potentially leading to script execution in the victim's browser context.
The Patchstack advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/media-category-library/vulnerability/wordpress-media-category-library-plugin-2-7-reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve details the reflected XSS in version 2.7 of the WordPress Media Category Library plugin, providing vulnerability assessment for mitigation guidance. Security practitioners should review the advisory for specific patching instructions or workarounds.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-2743
Vulnerability details
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in timmcdaniels Media Category Library media-category-library allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects Media Category Library: from n/a through <= 2.7.
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Related Threats
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
Reflected XSS in public-facing WordPress plugin directly enables exploitation of web app (T1190) and client-side JavaScript execution (T1059.007) via crafted reflected input.
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Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Directly addresses reflected XSS by requiring filtering and encoding of information outputs during web page generation to neutralize malicious scripts.
Prevents exploitation of the improper input neutralization vulnerability by validating all user inputs to block malicious XSS payloads before processing.
Mitigates the specific flaw in the Media Category Library WordPress plugin through timely identification, testing, and installation of security patches.