CVE-2025-23447
Published: 03 March 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-23447 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 45.9th 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
Requires validation of user inputs to prevent improper neutralization of malicious scripts in reflected XSS attacks.
Mandates filtering of information outputs during web page generation to block execution of injected scripts in victims' browsers.
Ensures timely identification, reporting, and patching of the specific flaw in the Smooth Dynamic Slider WordPress plugin.
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
Reflected XSS via crafted URL enables delivery through spearphishing links (T1566.002) requiring user execution of malicious link (T1204.001), with JavaScript payload execution (T1059.007) leading to web session cookie theft (T1539) for hijacking.
NVD Description
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Kundan Yevale Smooth Dynamic Slider smooth-dynamic-slider allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects Smooth Dynamic Slider: from n/a through <= 1.0.
Deeper analysisAI
CVE-2025-23447 is an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability, classified as Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) under CWE-79, affecting the Smooth Dynamic Slider WordPress plugin developed by Kundan Yevale. The issue impacts all versions of the plugin from n/a through 1.0 inclusive, allowing malicious input to be reflected without proper sanitization during web page generation.
With 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), the vulnerability is exploitable over the network by unauthenticated attackers requiring low complexity and user interaction, such as tricking a victim into visiting a maliciously crafted URL. Successful exploitation enables reflected XSS, where injected scripts execute in the victim's browser context with changed scope, potentially compromising low levels of confidentiality, integrity, and availability, such as session hijacking or data theft from the affected user.
Mitigation details are available in the Patchstack advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/smooth-dynamic-slider/vulnerability/wordpress-smooth-dynamic-slider-plugin-1-0-reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve.
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