Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-22360

High

Published: 28 March 2025

Published
28 March 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 0.0016 36.2th percentile
Risk Priority 14 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2025-22360 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 36.2th 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-2025-22360 is an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability, classified as Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) under CWE-79, in the promact WP Azure Offload plugin (wp-azure-offload) for WordPress. The flaw affects all versions from n/a through 2.0 inclusive, as published on 2025-03-28.

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 with low attack complexity, no required privileges, and user interaction needed. Unauthenticated attackers can exploit it by delivering malicious payloads via reflected inputs, tricking site users into actions like visiting a crafted URL, leading to script execution in the victim's browser context with changed scope and low impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The Patchstack advisory provides further details on this WordPress plugin vulnerability at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/wp-azure-offload/vulnerability/wordpress-wp-azure-offload-plugin-2-0-reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in promact WP Azure offload wp-azure-offload allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects WP Azure offload: from n/a through <= 2.0.

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 exploitation of public-facing applications via crafted URLs leading to browser script execution.

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

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Affected Assets

Mitigating Controls

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

SI-2 Flaw Remediation good match
prevent

Directly remediates the reflected XSS flaw in the WP Azure Offload plugin through identification, reporting, testing, and installation of security patches.

SI-15 Information Output Filtering good match
prevent

Filters information outputs during web page generation to neutralize malicious scripts and prevent reflected XSS execution in user browsers.

SI-10 Information Input Validation good match
prevent

Validates reflected user inputs to the WordPress plugin to ensure they are free of executable scripts, blocking XSS payloads before processing.

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