Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-22679

High

Published: 03 February 2025

Published
03 February 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 0.0005 15.3th percentile
Risk Priority 14 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2025-22679 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 15.3th 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-2025-22679 is an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability, classified as Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) under CWE-79, in the PickPlugins Job Board Manager (job-board-manager) WordPress plugin. This issue affects Job Board Manager versions from n/a through <= 2.1.61.

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). Attackers require no privileges and can exploit it remotely over the network with low attack complexity, though it demands user interaction such as clicking a malicious link. Exploitation changes the security scope, enabling script execution in the victim's browser context and resulting in low impacts to confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

Mitigation details are available in the Patchstack advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/job-board-manager/vulnerability/wordpress-job-board-manager-plugin-2-1-60-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 PickPlugins Job Board Manager job-board-manager allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects Job Board Manager: from n/a through <= 2.1.61.

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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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 exploitation of web application vulnerabilities (T1190) and arbitrary JavaScript execution in the victim's browser context via malicious links (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-10 Information Input Validation good match
prevent

Directly addresses improper neutralization of input by requiring validation of all user inputs to block malicious XSS payloads in the WordPress plugin.

SI-15 Information Output Filtering good match
prevent

Mitigates reflected XSS by filtering and encoding information output during web page generation to prevent script execution in victims' browsers.

SI-2 Flaw Remediation good match
prevent

Ensures timely remediation of the specific flaw in Job Board Manager versions <=2.1.61 through identification, reporting, and patching as advised.

References