Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-22361

High

Published: 09 January 2025

Published
09 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 0.0023 46.2th percentile
Risk Priority 14 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2025-22361 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 46.2th 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-2025-22361 is an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability, classified as Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) under CWE-79, in the Opentracker Analytics WordPress plugin (opentracker-analytics). Published on 2025-01-09, it affects all versions from n/a through 1.3 inclusive, 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).

Attackers can exploit this vulnerability remotely over the network with low attack complexity, requiring no privileges but relying on user interaction, such as clicking a malicious link. Exploitation changes the scope to cross-origin and enables arbitrary script execution in the context of the victim's browser session, potentially allowing limited impacts on confidentiality (e.g., session data exposure), integrity (e.g., data modification), and availability.

The Patchstack advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/opentracker-analytics/vulnerability/wordpress-opentracker-analytics-plugin-1-3-reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve details this WordPress plugin issue and associated mitigations.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Opentracker Opentracker Analytics opentracker-analytics allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects Opentracker Analytics: from n/a through <= 1.3.

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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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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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 directly enables remote exploitation via malicious link (T1190 + T1204.001) leading to arbitrary JavaScript execution in victim browser (T1059.007).

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 requiring filtering and encoding of user inputs prior to inclusion in web page generation to neutralize malicious scripts.

SI-10 Information Input Validation good match
prevent

Enforces validation of untrusted inputs to the Opentracker Analytics plugin, preventing improper neutralization that enables script injection.

SI-2 Flaw Remediation good match
prevent

Requires timely identification, testing, and deployment of patches for the specific XSS flaw in Opentracker Analytics versions through 1.3.

References