CVE-2025-23457
Published: 27 January 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-23457 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 Exploitation for Client Execution (T1203); ranked at the 35.4th 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-2025-23457 is an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability, classified as Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) under CWE-79, in the Shipdeo WooCommerce plugin (shipdeo-woo) for WordPress. This issue affects all versions of the Shipdeo plugin up to and including 1.2.8. Published on 2025-01-27T14:15:28.373, 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).
The vulnerability can be exploited by remote attackers with network access, requiring low attack complexity, no privileges, and user interaction such as clicking a malicious link. Upon successful exploitation, the attack changes scope, enabling limited impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, typically through execution of arbitrary scripts in the victim's browser context.
Patchstack documents the vulnerability in detail, including specifics on the affected WordPress Shipdeo plugin version 1.2.8, via their database advisory.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-3193
Vulnerability details
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in shipdeoplugin Shipdeo shipdeo-woo allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects Shipdeo: from n/a through <= 1.2.8.
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Related Threats
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Why these techniques?
Reflected XSS vulnerability enables client-side arbitrary script execution via crafted malicious links requiring user interaction.
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Mitigating Controls
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
SI-15 requires filtering of information outputs to neutralize malicious scripts in web page generation, directly preventing reflected XSS exploitation in the Shipdeo plugin.
SI-10 enforces validation of untrusted inputs to block malicious payloads before they are processed and reflected in responses by the vulnerable plugin.
SI-2 mandates identification and timely remediation of flaws, such as patching the Shipdeo WooCommerce plugin versions up to 1.2.8 affected by this XSS vulnerability.