CVE-2025-22714
Published: 24 January 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-22714 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 33.5th 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-2025-22714 is an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability, classified as Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) under CWE-79, in the MDJM Mobile DJ Manager WordPress plugin (mobile-dj-manager). This issue affects all versions of the plugin from n/a through 1.7.5.6.
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), indicating network accessibility, low attack complexity, no required privileges, and user interaction such as clicking a malicious link. Unauthenticated attackers can exploit it to inject and execute arbitrary scripts in a victim's browser context, achieving low impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability with a changed scope.
The Patchstack advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/mobile-dj-manager/vulnerability/wordpress-mdjm-event-management-plugin-1-7-5-5-reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve documents the Reflected XSS in the WordPress MDJM Event Management plugin at version 1.7.5.5, with mitigation implied through updating beyond the affected versions up to 1.7.5.6.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-2936
Vulnerability details
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in MDJM Mobile DJ Manager mobile-dj-manager allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects Mobile DJ Manager: from n/a through <= 1.7.5.6.
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Related Threats
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
Reflected XSS in public-facing WordPress plugin enables exploitation via malicious links (T1204.001) to inject/execute arbitrary JavaScript (T1059.007) in victim's browser, fitting T1190 for public app exploitation.
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Mitigating Controls
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
SI-15 requires filtering information prior to outputting to users, directly preventing reflected XSS by neutralizing malicious scripts in generated web pages.
SI-10 mandates validating all information inputs, addressing the improper neutralization of input that allows script injection in the vulnerable WordPress plugin.
SI-2 ensures flaws like this reflected XSS vulnerability are remediated promptly through patching the MDJM plugin beyond version 1.7.5.6.