CVE-2025-23474

High

Published: 14 February 2025

Published

14 February 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-2025-23474 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-2025-23474 is an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability, classified as Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) under CWE-79, in the Mike Martel Live Dashboard WordPress plugin (live-dashboard). This issue affects all versions from unknown initial release through 0.3.3. The vulnerability was published on 2025-02-14 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 remote attackers can exploit this vulnerability over the network with low attack complexity, though it requires user interaction, such as a victim visiting a maliciously crafted link. Exploitation enables limited impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability in the context of the victim's browser, with a changed scope that may affect other users or resources.

The Patchstack advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/live-dashboard/vulnerability/wordpress-live-dashboard-plugin-0-3-3-reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve details the vulnerability in the context of the WordPress plugin.

EU & UK References

🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-3200

Vulnerability details

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Mike Martel Live Dashboard live-dashboard allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects Live Dashboard: from n/a through <= 0.3.3.

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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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 directly enables exploitation of the web application (T1190) and arbitrary JavaScript execution in the victim's browser via crafted links (T1059.007).

Confidence: HIGH · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v18.1