Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-23551

High

Published: 21 January 2025

Published
21 January 2025
Modified
23 April 2026
KEV Added
Patch
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 0.0021 43.0th percentile
Risk Priority 14 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2025-23551 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 at the 43.0th 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-2025-23551 is an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability, classified as Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) under CWE-79, in the razvypp SexBundle WordPress plugin (also referred to as sexbundle). This issue affects SexBundle versions from n/a through 1.4 inclusive.

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 required privileges, and user interaction (such as following a malicious link). Remote attackers can exploit it to inject and execute arbitrary scripts in a victim's browser, achieving low impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability within a changed security scope.

Mitigation details are available in the Patchstack advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/sexbundle/vulnerability/wordpress-sexbundle-plugin-1-4-reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve, which covers the Reflected XSS in the WordPress SexBundle plugin up to version 1.4.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in razvypp SexBundle sexbundle allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects SexBundle: from n/a through <= 1.4.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1204.001 Malicious Link Execution
An adversary may rely upon a user clicking a malicious link in order to gain execution.
T1059.007 JavaScript Execution
Adversaries may abuse various implementations of JavaScript for execution.
Why these techniques?

Reflected XSS vulnerability enables crafting of malicious links that trigger injection and execution of arbitrary JavaScript in the victim's browser upon user interaction.

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

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Affected Assets

Mitigating Controls

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

prevent

SI-15 requires filtering of information outputs to prevent reflected XSS by neutralizing untrusted input during web page generation.

prevent

SI-10 enforces validation of inputs to block malicious scripts from being processed in the vulnerable WordPress plugin.

prevent

SI-2 mandates timely flaw remediation, such as patching the SexBundle plugin to version beyond 1.4, eliminating the XSS vulnerability.

References