CVE-2025-23495
Published: 22 January 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-23495 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 Malicious Link (T1204.001); ranked in the top 43.0% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; 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
Information Output Filtering directly prevents reflected XSS by encoding or filtering user inputs reflected in web page generation to block script execution.
Information Input Validation neutralizes malicious inputs in the WooCommerce Order Search plugin before they are processed or reflected, addressing the improper neutralization root cause.
Flaw Remediation ensures timely patching of the specific XSS vulnerability in WooCommerce Order Search versions through 1.1.0 to eliminate the improper input handling.
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
Reflected XSS allows arbitrary JavaScript execution in browser via malicious link (T1204.001), directly enabling browser session hijacking (T1185) and stealing web session cookies (T1539).
NVD Description
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Chetan Khandla WooCommerce Order Search woocommerce-order-searching allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects WooCommerce Order Search: from n/a through <= 1.1.0.
Deeper analysisAI
CVE-2025-23495 is an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability, classified as Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) under CWE-79. It affects the WooCommerce Order Search plugin (woocommerce-order-searching) developed by Chetan Khandla for WordPress, impacting all versions from n/a through 1.1.0 inclusive. The vulnerability was published on 2025-01-22.
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 privileges required, and user interaction needed, with changed scope and low impacts to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Unauthenticated attackers can exploit it by crafting malicious input that reflects executable scripts back to users, such as through a tricked click on a malicious link, allowing arbitrary script execution in the victim's browser context.
The primary advisory reference is available at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/woocommerce-order-searching/vulnerability/wordpress-woocommerce-order-search-plugin-1-1-0-reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve, which details the vulnerability in the WooCommerce Order Search plugin version 1.1.0. Security practitioners should consult this for specific patch or mitigation guidance.
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