Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-23493

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-2025-23493 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-2025-23493 is an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability, classified as Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) under CWE-79, in the moallemi Google Transliteration WordPress plugin (google-transliteration). This issue affects all versions from n/a through 1.7.2 and was published on 2025-03-03.

The vulnerability has 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 it can be exploited remotely over the network by unauthenticated attackers with low attack complexity, though it requires user interaction. Attackers can trick users into interacting with maliciously crafted input reflected in web page generation, enabling arbitrary script execution in the victim's browser context and achieving low impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability with a changed scope.

The Patchstack advisory documents this vulnerability in their WordPress plugin database, providing details on the affected google-transliteration plugin version 1.7.2 Reflected XSS issue.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in moallemi Google Transliteration google-transliteration allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects Google Transliteration: from n/a through <= 1.7.2.

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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T1204.001 Malicious Link Execution
An adversary may rely upon a user clicking a malicious link in order to gain execution.
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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 enables exploitation of the web application (T1190), delivery via malicious links requiring user interaction (T1204.001), and arbitrary JavaScript execution in the browser (T1059.007).

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

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Affected Assets

Mitigating Controls

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

SI-2 Flaw Remediation good match
prevent

SI-2 requires identifying, reporting, and correcting flaws like the improper input neutralization in the Google Transliteration plugin, directly preventing exploitation of this reflected XSS vulnerability.

SI-10 Information Input Validation good match
prevent

SI-10 mandates validation of information inputs, addressing the root cause of improper neutralization leading to reflected XSS in web page generation.

SI-15 Information Output Filtering good match
prevent

SI-15 enforces output filtering for generated web pages, preventing malicious script execution from reflected user inputs in the vulnerable plugin.

References