CVE-2025-23571

High

Published: 14 February 2025

Published

14 February 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-2025-23571 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-2025-23571 is an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability, enabling Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) as classified under CWE-79. It affects the Internal Links Generator WordPress plugin (internal-links-generator), impacting all versions from n/a through 3.51 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 needed, with changed scope and low impacts to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Remote attackers can exploit it by tricking authenticated users—such as site administrators—into interacting with malicious input, such as a crafted link, to inject and execute arbitrary scripts in the victim's browser context.

The Patchstack advisory (https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/internal-links-generator/vulnerability/wordpress-internal-links-generator-plugin-3-51-reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve) documents this Reflected XSS issue in Internal Links Generator version 3.51, providing details for WordPress site operators on detection and response.

EU & UK References

🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-3255

Vulnerability details

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in makong Internal Links Generator internal-links-generator allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects Internal Links Generator: from n/a through <= 3.51.

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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T1059.007 JavaScript Execution

Adversaries may abuse various implementations of JavaScript for execution.

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Why these techniques?

Reflected XSS in public-facing WordPress plugin enables exploitation of web application via crafted links (T1190) and arbitrary JavaScript execution in browser context (T1059.007).

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