CVE-2025-23551
Published: 21 January 2025
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
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-3244
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.
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Related Threats
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
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.
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Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
SI-15 requires filtering of information outputs to prevent reflected XSS by neutralizing untrusted input during web page generation.
SI-10 enforces validation of inputs to block malicious scripts from being processed in the vulnerable WordPress plugin.
SI-2 mandates timely flaw remediation, such as patching the SexBundle plugin to version beyond 1.4, eliminating the XSS vulnerability.