Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-23472

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 0.0011 29.3th percentile
Risk Priority 14 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2025-23472 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 29.3th 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-2025-23472 is an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability, classified as Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) under CWE-79, in the flexostudio Flexo Slider (flexo-slider) WordPress plugin. Published on 2025-03-03, it affects all versions from n/a through 1.0013, 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).

Unauthenticated attackers (PR:N) accessible over the network (AV:N) can exploit this with low attack complexity (AC:L) by tricking users into performing an action such as clicking a malicious link (UI:R). Exploitation changes the scope (S:C) and enables limited impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:L/I:L/A:L), allowing arbitrary script execution in the context of the victim's browser on affected sites.

The Patchstack advisory provides details on this Reflected XSS vulnerability in WordPress Flexo Slider plugin version 1.0013 and covers mitigation guidance: https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/flexo-slider/vulnerability/wordpress-flexo-slider-plugin-1-0013-reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in flexostudio Flexo Slider flexo-slider allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects Flexo Slider: from n/a through <= 1.0013.

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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T1566.002 Spearphishing Link Initial Access
Adversaries may send spearphishing emails with a malicious link in an attempt to gain access to victim systems.
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Why these techniques?

Reflected XSS in public-facing WordPress plugin exploited via malicious link to achieve arbitrary browser script execution.

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 mitigates reflected XSS by filtering malicious scripts from information outputs generated during web page rendering in the Flexo Slider plugin.

SI-10 Information Input Validation good match
prevent

Prevents injection of XSS payloads by validating and sanitizing untrusted inputs before processing in the vulnerable WordPress plugin.

SI-2 Flaw Remediation good match
prevent

Addresses the specific flaw in Flexo Slider versions through <=1.0013 by identifying, reporting, and applying timely remediation such as patching.

References