Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-22353

High

Published: 07 January 2025

Published
07 January 2025
Modified
29 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 0.0024 47.7th percentile
Risk Priority 14 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2025-22353 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 47.7th 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-2025-22353 is an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability, classified as Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) under CWE-79, in the bvads BVD Easy Gallery Manager WordPress plugin (bvd-easy-gallery-manager). This issue affects all versions of the plugin from n/a through 1.0.6 inclusive. The vulnerability was published on 2025-01-07.

With 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), the flaw can be exploited remotely over the network by unauthenticated attackers with low attack complexity. Exploitation requires user interaction, such as visiting a maliciously crafted URL or page. Successful attacks enable limited impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability within a changed scope, potentially allowing attackers to execute arbitrary scripts in the victim's browser context.

Patchstack's advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/bvd-easy-gallery-manager/vulnerability/wordpress-bvd-easy-gallery-manager-plugin-1-0-6-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve documents the Reflected XSS vulnerability in BVD Easy Gallery Manager version 1.0.6.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in bvads BVD Easy Gallery Manager bvd-easy-gallery-manager allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects BVD Easy Gallery Manager: from n/a through <= 1.0.6.

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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Why these techniques?

Reflected XSS in public-facing WordPress plugin directly enables remote exploitation of a web application vulnerability (T1190).

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 mitigates reflected XSS by filtering and encoding information outputs during web page generation to neutralize malicious scripts.

SI-10 Information Input Validation good match
prevent

Prevents improper neutralization of input by validating user-supplied data at entry points, blocking malicious payloads before they reach web page generation.

SI-2 Flaw Remediation good match
prevent

Addresses the specific flaw in the WordPress plugin by requiring identification, reporting, and correction of vulnerabilities like this reflected XSS.

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