CVE-2025-23601

High

Published: 22 January 2025

Published

22 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 0.0034 57.4th percentile

Risk Priority 14 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2025-23601 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 in the top 42.6% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; 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-2025-23601 is an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability, classified as Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) under CWE-79, affecting the Tab My Content WordPress plugin developed by patrice. The issue resides in the My Content tab-my-content component and impacts all versions from n/a through 1.0.0. It 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 high severity due to network accessibility, low complexity, no required privileges, user interaction, and scope change with low impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The vulnerability was published on 2025-01-22.

Attackers can exploit this Reflected XSS over the network without authentication by crafting malicious input that reflects unsanitized on the affected tab, tricking authenticated users into interacting via a malicious link or payload (e.g., phishing). Successful exploitation executes arbitrary JavaScript in the victim's browser context with changed scope, potentially leading to session hijacking, data theft, or further site compromise, though impacts remain low across confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

Patchstack's advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/tab-my-content/vulnerability/wordpress-tab-my-content-plugin-1-0-0-reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve details the vulnerability in the WordPress Tab My Content plugin version 1.0.0, recommending updates to patched versions where available or disabling the plugin until remediation.

EU & UK References

🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-3276

Vulnerability details

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in patrice Tab My Content tab-my-content allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects Tab My Content: from n/a through <= 1.0.0.

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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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 directly enables exploitation of public-facing web apps (T1190) and arbitrary JavaScript execution in browser (T1059.007).

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