CVE-2025-23536
Published: 03 March 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-23536 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 Spearphishing Link (T1566.002); ranked at the 45.9th 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).
Threat & Defense at a Glance
Threat & Defense Details
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5)AI
Remediating the specific flaw in the Track Page Scroll WordPress plugin up to version 1.0.2 directly prevents the Reflected XSS vulnerability by applying patches.
Filtering outputs generated by the plugin neutralizes malicious reflected inputs, preventing arbitrary JavaScript execution in victims' browsers.
Validating inputs to the plugin rejects malicious payloads before they are improperly neutralized and reflected during web page generation.
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
Reflected XSS enables delivery of malicious JS payloads via crafted links (facilitating spearphishing) and direct arbitrary JavaScript execution in the victim's browser.
NVD Description
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in mndpsingh287 Track Page Scroll track-page-scroll allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects Track Page Scroll: from n/a through <= 1.0.2.
Deeper analysisAI
CVE-2025-23536 is an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability, classified as Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) under CWE-79, in the Track Page Scroll WordPress plugin by mndpsingh287. The issue affects all versions of the track-page-scroll plugin from n/a through 1.0.2 inclusive.
With 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), the vulnerability is exploitable over the network with low attack complexity and no required privileges, though it demands user interaction. Remote attackers can deliver malicious payloads via reflected inputs, enabling arbitrary JavaScript execution in the victim's browser context with a changed security scope, resulting in low impacts to confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Patchstack documents this Reflected XSS vulnerability specific to the WordPress Track Page Scroll plugin up to version 1.0.2. For mitigation details, refer to the advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/track-page-scroll/vulnerability/wordpress-track-page-scroll-plugin-1-0-2-reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve.
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