CVE-2025-22778

High

Published: 15 January 2025

Published

15 January 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 0.0028 51.8th percentile

Risk Priority 14 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2025-22778 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 in the top 48.2% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; 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-2025-22778 is an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability, classified as Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) under CWE-79, in the damniel Lijit Search WordPress plugin (wp-lijit-wijit). This issue affects the plugin from n/a through version 1.1 inclusive. The vulnerability was published on 2025-01-15T16:15:40.350 and 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 can exploit this vulnerability remotely over the network with low attack complexity, requiring no privileges but user interaction, such as clicking a malicious link. Exploitation changes the scope to the victim's browser context, enabling arbitrary script execution reflected in the web page. This can result in low impacts to confidentiality (e.g., limited data exposure), integrity (e.g., minor tampering), and availability.

The Patchstack advisory (https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/wp-lijit-wijit/vulnerability/wordpress-lijit-search-plugin-1-1-reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve) documents the Reflected XSS vulnerability in Lijit Search plugin version 1.1, providing details for WordPress security practitioners to assess exposure.

EU & UK References

🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-2988

Vulnerability details

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in damniel Lijit Search wp-lijit-wijit allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects Lijit Search: from n/a through <= 1.1.

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?

The reflected XSS vulnerability in a public-facing WordPress plugin directly enables exploitation of public-facing applications (T1190) and facilitates arbitrary JavaScript execution in the victim's browser (T1059.007).

Confidence: HIGH · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v18.1