CVE-2025-23462
Published: 22 January 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-23462 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 Steal Web Session Cookie (T1539); 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
Directly requires timely remediation of the specific reflected XSS flaw in the FWD Slider WordPress plugin through patching or removal.
Filters information output to web pages, neutralizing malicious scripts reflected from untrusted input in the vulnerable plugin.
Validates inputs to the FWD Slider plugin endpoints, rejecting or sanitizing payloads that could lead to reflected XSS execution.
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
Reflected XSS enables script injection to steal session cookies (T1539) and hijack browser sessions (T1185); exploitation typically involves delivering payloads via spearphishing links (T1566.002) as noted in the user interaction requirement.
NVD Description
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Anil Jailta FWD Slider fwd-slider allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects FWD Slider: from n/a through <= 1.0.
Deeper analysisAI
CVE-2025-23462 is an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability, classified as Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) under CWE-79, in the FWD Slider (fwd-slider) WordPress plugin developed by Anil Jailta. The flaw affects all versions of the plugin from n/a through 1.0 inclusive, enabling attackers to inject malicious scripts into web pages viewed by other users.
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 with low attack complexity and no required privileges, though it demands user interaction such as clicking a malicious link. Remote attackers can trick authenticated or unauthenticated users into triggering the XSS payload, achieving limited impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability within a changed scope, such as stealing session cookies, defacing pages, or redirecting users in the victim's browser context.
The Patchstack advisory (https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/fwd-slider/vulnerability/wordpress-fwd-slider-plugin-1-0-reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve) documents this Reflected XSS issue in FWD Slider version 1.0, providing details for WordPress administrators to assess exposure and apply recommended mitigations.
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