CVE-2025-22704
Published: 03 February 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-22704 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 Browser Session Hijacking (T1185); 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-15 (Information Output Filtering) and SI-2 (Flaw Remediation).
Deeper analysis
CVE-2025-22704 is an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability, classified as Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS), in the WordPress Signature plugin developed by Abinav Thakuri (wordpress-signature). This issue affects all versions of the plugin from n/a through 0.1 inclusive. 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) and maps to CWE-79.
A remote attacker with network access can exploit this vulnerability with low complexity and no required privileges, though it requires user interaction such as clicking a malicious link. Successful exploitation enables the attacker to inject and execute arbitrary scripts in a victim's browser context due to reflected XSS, potentially leading to low-impact confidentiality, integrity, and availability effects with a changed scope, such as session hijacking or data theft from authenticated users.
Patchstack advisories document this vulnerability, accessible via their database entry at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/wordpress-signature/vulnerability/wordpress-wordpress-signature-plugin-0-1-cross-site-request-forgery-csrf-vulnerability?_s_id=cve, which provides details on affected versions and recommended mitigations.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-2930
Vulnerability details
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Abinav Thakuri WordPress Signature wordpress-signature allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects WordPress Signature: from n/a through <= 0.1.
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Related Threats
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
Reflected XSS directly enables injection of arbitrary scripts in the victim's browser, facilitating browser session hijacking (T1185) and theft of web session cookies (T1539) from authenticated users.
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Mitigating Controls
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Directly requires timely identification, reporting, and correction of the reflected XSS flaw in the WordPress Signature plugin, preventing exploitation.
Mandates filtering and neutralization of output during web page generation to block execution of injected scripts from untrusted user input.
Requires validation of information inputs to reject or sanitize malicious payloads that could be reflected as XSS in web pages.