CVE-2025-22682
Published: 03 February 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-22682 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 Spearphishing Link (T1566.002); ranked at the 12.3th 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).
Threat & Defense at a Glance
Threat & Defense Details
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5)AI
SI-15 mandates filtering of information outputs, directly preventing reflected XSS by ensuring user inputs are properly encoded before rendering in web pages affected by CVE-2025-22682.
SI-10 enforces validation of information inputs, blocking malicious payloads that exploit the improper neutralization vulnerability in the Hesabfa Accounting WordPress plugin.
SI-2 requires timely identification, reporting, and correction of system flaws, enabling patching of the specific reflected XSS vulnerability up to version 2.1.2 of the Hesabfa Accounting plugin.
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
Reflected XSS enables exploitation via malicious links (Spearphishing Link) and arbitrary JS execution for session token theft (Browser Session Hijacking).
NVD Description
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Saeed Sattar Beglou Hesabfa Accounting hesabfa-accounting allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects Hesabfa Accounting: from n/a through <= 2.1.2.
Deeper analysisAI
CVE-2025-22682 is an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability, classified as Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) under CWE-79, in the Hesabfa Accounting WordPress plugin developed by Saeed Sattar Beglou. This issue affects the plugin from unknown initial versions through 2.1.2. Published on 2025-02-03, it 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), reflecting high severity due to network accessibility, low attack complexity, no required privileges, user interaction, and changed scope.
Remote attackers can exploit this vulnerability by tricking authenticated or unauthenticated users into interacting with maliciously crafted links or inputs that trigger reflected XSS payloads on affected sites. Successful exploitation executes arbitrary JavaScript in the victim's browser context, potentially enabling session token theft, account takeover, or phishing within the site's domain. The changed scope (S:C) amplifies risks by allowing cross-origin effects, though impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability remain low.
The primary advisory from Patchstack (https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/hesabfa-accounting/vulnerability/wordpress-hesabfa-accounting-plugin-2-1-2-reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve) documents the flaw in the Hesabfa Accounting plugin up to version 2.1.2. Practitioners should review this reference for vendor-recommended mitigations, such as applying available patches or hardening configurations against XSS.
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