CVE-2025-23574

High

Published: 27 January 2025

Published

27 January 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-2025-23574 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 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-2025-23574 is an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability, classified as Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) under CWE-79, in the CubePM (cubepm) WordPress plugin developed by Jonathan Lau. This issue affects CubePM versions from n/a through 1.0 inclusive, as published on 2025-01-27.

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 with low attack complexity, no required privileges, and user interaction such as clicking a malicious link. Remote attackers without authentication can exploit it to inject and execute arbitrary scripts in a victim's browser within the context of the affected site, potentially leading to limited impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability due to the changed scope.

The primary advisory from Patchstack, available at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/cubepm/vulnerability/wordpress-cubepm-plugin-1-0-reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve, documents the Reflected XSS in the WordPress CubePM plugin version 1.0 and provides details for practitioners to assess and address the issue.

EU & UK References

🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-3258

Vulnerability details

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Jonathan Lau CubePM cubepm allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects CubePM: from n/a through <= 1.0.

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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T1204.001 Malicious Link Execution

An adversary may rely upon a user clicking a malicious link in order to gain execution.

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Why these techniques?

The reflected XSS in a public-facing WordPress plugin directly enables exploitation of the web application (T1190) and requires user interaction via a malicious link to trigger script execution (T1204.001).

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