CVE-2025-23460

High

Published: 26 March 2025

Published

26 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 0.0011 29.4th percentile

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

Summary

CVE-2025-23460 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 29.4th 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-2025-23460 is an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability, classified as Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) under CWE-79, in the rhizomaticweb RWS Enquiry And Lead Follow-up WordPress plugin (rws-enquiry). This issue affects all versions from n/a through 1.0 inclusive. Published on 2025-03-26T15:15:53.830, 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), indicating high severity due to network accessibility, low attack complexity, and scope change.

Unauthenticated attackers (PR:N) can exploit this vulnerability remotely (AV:N) with low complexity (AC:L) by tricking targeted users (UI:R) into interacting with maliciously crafted web requests, such as links containing reflected XSS payloads processed by the plugin. Successful exploitation enables arbitrary JavaScript execution in the victim's browser context within the same site (S:C), potentially resulting in low-level impacts to confidentiality (C:L), integrity (I:L), and availability (A:L), such as session hijacking or data theft.

Advisories and mitigation guidance are detailed in the Patchstack vulnerability database entry at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/rws-enquiry/vulnerability/wordpress-rws-enquiry-and-lead-follow-up-plugin-1-0-reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve.

EU & UK References

🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-8198

Vulnerability details

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in rhizomaticweb RWS Enquiry And Lead Follow-up rws-enquiry allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects RWS Enquiry And Lead Follow-up: from n/a through <= 1.0.

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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T1204.001 Malicious Link Execution

An adversary may rely upon a user clicking a malicious link in order to gain execution.

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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 remote exploitation of the web app (T1190), user interaction via malicious crafted links (T1204.001), and arbitrary JavaScript execution in browser (T1059.007).

Confidence: HIGH · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v19.0