CVE-2025-22568
Published: 13 January 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-22568 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 Drive-by Compromise (T1189); 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-2025-22568 is an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability, classified as Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) under CWE-79, in the WordPress plugin Post And Page Reactions (slug: post-and-page-reactions) developed by arete-it. This issue affects all versions of the plugin from n/a through 1.0.5 inclusive. The vulnerability was published on 2025-01-13 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 reflected XSS vulnerability remotely over the network with low attack complexity and no required privileges, though it necessitates user interaction such as clicking a malicious link delivered via social engineering or phishing. Exploitation changes the scope to cross-origin, enabling arbitrary script execution in the victim's browser context, which could result in low-level impacts including disclosure of sensitive data (C:L), modification of page content (I:L), or minor denial of service (A:L).
The Patchstack advisory (https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/post-and-page-reactions/vulnerability/wordpress-post-and-page-reactions-plugin-1-0-5-reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve) documents this vulnerability in the WordPress Post And Page Reactions plugin version 1.0.5 and provides associated details for remediation.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-2844
Vulnerability details
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in arete-it Post And Page Reactions post-and-page-reactions allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects Post And Page Reactions: from n/a through <= 1.0.5.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
Reflected XSS enables script execution via crafted malicious links typically delivered through phishing or social engineering (T1566.002), leading to drive-by compromise of the victim's browser (T1189).
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Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Information Output Filtering directly prevents reflected XSS by sanitizing or encoding user inputs during web page generation to block script execution in victims' browsers.
Information Input Validation neutralizes malicious XSS payloads in inputs before they are reflected in web responses by validating content and form.
Flaw Remediation addresses the specific improper neutralization vulnerability in Post And Page Reactions plugin versions through <=1.0.5 by identifying and patching the flaw.