Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-23450

High

Published: 03 March 2025

Published
03 March 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 0.0023 46.2th percentile
Risk Priority 14 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2025-23450 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 46.2th 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-2025-23450, published on 2025-03-03, is an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability, enabling Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) as classified under CWE-79. It affects the AW WooCommerce Kode Pembayaran WordPress plugin (aw-woocommerce-kode-pembayaran), impacting all versions from n/a through 1.1.4.

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). Remote attackers with no required privileges can exploit it over the network with low attack complexity, though it requires user interaction, such as visiting a maliciously crafted URL. Exploitation allows arbitrary script execution in the context of the victim's browser, resulting in low impacts to confidentiality, integrity, and availability, with a changed scope.

The Patchstack advisory (https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/aw-woocommerce-kode-pembayaran/vulnerability/wordpress-aw-woocommerce-kode-pembayaran-plugin-1-1-4-reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve) documents the issue in the AW WooCommerce Kode Pembayaran plugin version 1.1.4 and earlier.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in agenwebsite AW WooCommerce Kode Pembayaran aw-woocommerce-kode-pembayaran allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects AW WooCommerce Kode Pembayaran: from n/a through <= 1.1.4.

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?

Reflected XSS in public-facing WordPress plugin enables exploitation of web apps for initial access (T1190) and arbitrary JavaScript execution in browser via crafted URL (T1059.007).

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

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Affected Assets

Mitigating Controls

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

SI-15 Information Output Filtering good match
prevent

Directly addresses reflected XSS by filtering and encoding information output during web page generation to neutralize malicious scripts.

SI-10 Information Input Validation good match
prevent

Validates inputs such as malicious URLs to prevent untrusted data from being reflected in web pages without neutralization.

SI-2 Flaw Remediation good match
prevent

Remediates the specific improper neutralization flaw in the AW WooCommerce Kode Pembayaran plugin through timely patching of vulnerable versions up to 1.1.4.

References