Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-23524

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 0.0023 46.2th percentile
Risk Priority 14 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2025-23524 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 Web Portal Capture (T1056.003); ranked at the 46.2th 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-2025-23524 is an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability, classified as Reflected Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79), in the dactum ClickBank Storefront WordPress plugin (mycbgenie-clickbank-storefront). This issue affects all versions of the plugin from unknown initial release through 1.7 inclusive.

The vulnerability can be exploited by remote attackers with network access, requiring low attack complexity, no privileges, and user interaction such as clicking a malicious link. Exploitation changes the security scope and enables arbitrary script execution in the victim's browser context, resulting in low impacts to confidentiality, integrity, and availability, with an overall CVSS v3.1 score of 7.1 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L).

Patchstack's advisory (https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/mycbgenie-clickbank-storefront/vulnerability/wordpress-clickbank-storefront-wordpress-plugin-plugin-1-7-reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve) documents the Reflected XSS vulnerability in the WordPress ClickBank Storefront plugin up to version 1.7.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in dactum ClickBank Storefront mycbgenie-clickbank-storefront allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects ClickBank Storefront: from n/a through <= 1.7.

CWE(s)
CWE-79

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1056.003 Web Portal Capture Collection
Adversaries may install code on externally facing portals, such as a VPN login page, to capture and transmit credentials of users who attempt to log into the service.
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T1185 Browser Session Hijacking Collection
Adversaries may take advantage of security vulnerabilities and inherent functionality in browser software to change content, modify user-behaviors, and intercept information as part of various browser session hijacking techniques.
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T1539 Steal Web Session Cookie Credential Access
An adversary may steal web application or service session cookies and use them to gain access to web applications or Internet services as an authenticated user without needing credentials.
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T1566.002 Spearphishing Link Initial Access
Adversaries may send spearphishing emails with a malicious link in an attempt to gain access to victim systems.
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Why these techniques?

Reflected XSS enables arbitrary browser script execution via malicious link, directly facilitating web portal input capture (T1056.003), browser session hijacking (T1185), web session cookie theft (T1539), and exploitation via spearphishing link (T1566.002).

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

Directly remediates the specific reflected XSS flaw in the ClickBank Storefront plugin by identifying, patching, or removing vulnerable versions up to 1.7.

SI-15 Information Output Filtering good match
prevent

Prevents reflected XSS by filtering user inputs prior to inclusion in dynamically generated web pages, addressing improper neutralization during web page generation.

SI-10 Information Input Validation good match
prevent

Mitigates exploitation by validating and sanitizing untrusted network inputs that could be reflected as malicious scripts in the victim's browser.

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