CVE-2025-23591
Published: 03 February 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-23591 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 12.3th 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).
Threat & Defense at a Glance
Threat & Defense Details
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5)AI
SI-15 requires filtering of information outputs to prevent reflected XSS by encoding or escaping malicious inputs before rendering in web pages.
SI-10 enforces validation of user inputs to reject or sanitize malicious scripts that could be reflected back in the blu Logistics plugin responses.
SI-2 mandates identification and correction of flaws like this reflected XSS vulnerability through timely patching of the affected WordPress plugin.
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
Reflected XSS in public-facing WordPress plugin enables exploitation of public-facing applications (T1190) and facilitates delivery via spearphishing links (T1566.002).
NVD Description
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in blulogistics1 blu Logistics blu-logistics allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects blu Logistics: from n/a through <= 1.0.0.
Deeper analysisAI
CVE-2025-23591 is an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability, classified as Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) under CWE-79, affecting the blu Logistics WordPress plugin (also referenced as blulogistics1 blu-logistics). This issue impacts all versions of the plugin from n/a through 1.0.0 inclusive. The vulnerability was published on 2025-02-03.
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 privileges required, but user interaction needed, with changed scope and low impacts to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Remote attackers can exploit it by crafting malicious inputs that reflect back to users, such as via phishing links or manipulated requests, tricking authenticated users into executing scripts in their browsers within the site's context.
Mitigation details are available in the Patchstack advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/blu-logistics/vulnerability/wordpress-blu-logistics-plugin-1-0-0-reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve.
Details
- CWE(s)