CVE-2025-22594
Published: 09 January 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-22594 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 29.2th 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).
Threat & Defense at a Glance
Threat & Defense Details
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5)AI
SI-15 requires filtering of information output during web page generation, directly preventing reflected XSS by neutralizing untrusted input before rendering.
SI-10 enforces input validation at entry points, blocking malicious payloads like XSS scripts from being processed in the WordPress plugin.
SI-2 mandates timely remediation of flaws such as this reflected XSS vulnerability in the Better User Shortcodes plugin through patching.
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
Reflected XSS enables drive-by compromise via malicious links that execute scripts in victim browsers.
NVD Description
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in hccoder Better User Shortcodes better-user-shortcodes allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects Better User Shortcodes: from n/a through <= 1.0.
Deeper analysisAI
CVE-2025-22594 is an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability, classified as Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) under CWE-79, in the Better User Shortcodes WordPress plugin by hccoder. The issue affects the plugin from unspecified initial versions through version 1.0 inclusive. Published on January 9, 2025, it carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.1.
Attackers can exploit this vulnerability over the network (AV:N) with low attack complexity (AC:L), requiring no privileges (PR:N) but user interaction (UI:R), such as clicking a malicious link. Exploitation changes scope (S:C) and enables low impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:L/I:L/A:L), allowing arbitrary script execution in the victim's browser context.
Mitigation details are available in advisories like the Patchstack database entry at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/better-user-shortcodes/vulnerability/wordpress-better-user-shortcodes-plugin-1-0-reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve.
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