Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-23496

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-2025-23496 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-2025-23496 is an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability, enabling Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) and classified under CWE-79. It affects the husani WP FPO WordPress plugin (wp-fpo), impacting versions from n/a through 1.0 inclusive. Published on 2025-03-03T14:15:38.497, the issue 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).

Attackers can exploit this vulnerability remotely over the network with low complexity and no required privileges, though it demands user interaction such as clicking a malicious link. Successful exploitation changes the security scope, allowing low-level impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability within the affected web page context.

The Patchstack advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/wp-fpo/vulnerability/wordpress-wp-fpo-plugin-1-0-reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve details this reflected XSS vulnerability in the WP FPO plugin version 1.0.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in husani WP FPO wp-fpo allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects WP FPO: from n/a through <= 1.0.

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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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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Why these techniques?

The reflected XSS vulnerability in the public-facing WordPress plugin is directly exploited over the network via crafted malicious links requiring user interaction, mapping to T1190 for exploiting public-facing web applications and T1204.001 for user execution via malicious links.

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

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Affected Assets

Mitigating Controls

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

SI-10 Information Input Validation good match
prevent

Directly mandates input validation to neutralize untrusted user input, preventing reflected XSS script injection in the WP FPO plugin.

SI-15 Information Output Filtering good match
prevent

Requires output filtering or encoding of reflected content sent to browsers, comprehensively blocking XSS payload execution.

SI-2 Flaw Remediation good match
prevent

Ensures timely identification, reporting, and correction of the specific flaw in WP FPO versions through <=1.0, mitigating the vulnerability via patching.

References