CVE-2025-23482

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-2025-23482 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-2025-23482 is an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability, enabling Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) as classified under CWE-79. It affects the azurecurve Floating Featured Image WordPress plugin, with vulnerability present from unknown initial versions through 2.2.0. The issue was published on 2025-03-03.

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 required privileges, and user interaction needed for exploitation, with changed scope and low impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Remote attackers can exploit it by tricking authenticated or unauthenticated users into interacting with malicious input reflected in web pages generated by the plugin.

The Patchstack advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/azurecurve-floating-featured-image/vulnerability/wordpress-azurecurve-floating-featured-image-plugin-2-2-0-reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve provides further details on this WordPress plugin vulnerability.

EU & UK References

🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-5742

Vulnerability details

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in azurecurve azurecurve Floating Featured Image azurecurve-floating-featured-image allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects azurecurve Floating Featured Image: from n/a through <= 2.2.0.

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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T1059.007 JavaScript Execution

Adversaries may abuse various implementations of JavaScript for execution.

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Why these techniques?

The vulnerability is a reflected XSS flaw in a public-facing WordPress plugin, enabling exploitation of public-facing applications (T1190) and facilitating arbitrary JavaScript execution via the browser (T1059.007).

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