CVE-2025-23461
Published: 21 January 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-23461 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 39.1th 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-2025-23461 is an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability, classified as Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) under CWE-79, in the Social2Blog WordPress plugin developed by xkollsoftware. This issue affects Social2Blog versions from n/a through 0.2.990 inclusive.
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), indicating network accessibility, low attack complexity, no privileges required, and user interaction needed, with changed scope and low impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Remote attackers can exploit it by tricking authenticated users into interacting with malicious input, such as clicking a crafted link, to inject and execute arbitrary scripts in the victim's browser context.
The Patchstack advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/social2blog/vulnerability/wordpress-social2blog-plugin-0-2-990-reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve documents this Reflected XSS vulnerability in the WordPress Social2Blog plugin version 0.2.990 and provides details on affected components for mitigation guidance.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-3194
Vulnerability details
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in xkollsoftware Social2Blog social2blog allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects Social2Blog: from n/a through <= 0.2.990.
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Related Threats
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
Reflected XSS in public-facing WordPress plugin directly enables exploitation of internet-facing applications (T1190) and facilitates browser session hijacking via arbitrary script execution in authenticated user context (T1185).
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Mitigating Controls
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
SI-15 requires filtering of information outputs to neutralize malicious scripts before they are rendered in web pages, directly mitigating reflected XSS in the Social2Blog plugin.
SI-10 enforces validation of inputs to block or sanitize malicious payloads that could be reflected as executable scripts in user browsers.
SI-2 mandates timely identification, reporting, and remediation of flaws, such as patching the vulnerable Social2Blog plugin versions up to 0.2.990.