CVE-2025-23612

High

Published: 26 March 2025

Published

26 March 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 29.4th percentile

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

Summary

CVE-2025-23612 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 29.4th 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-2025-23612 is an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability, classified as Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) under CWE-79, in the Pixobe Cartography WordPress plugin (pixobe-cartography). This issue affects all versions from n/a through 1.0.1.

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 for exploitation, with a changed scope. Remote attackers can exploit it by tricking authenticated or unauthenticated users into interacting with maliciously crafted links or inputs reflected in the web page, enabling arbitrary script execution in the victim's browser context and resulting in low impacts to confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The Patchstack advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/pixobe-cartography/vulnerability/wordpress-pixobe-cartography-plugin-1-0-1-reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve documents the Reflected XSS in Pixobe Cartography version 1.0.1 and provides details for mitigation, which security practitioners should review for patching or workaround guidance.

EU & UK References

🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-8193

Vulnerability details

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Pixobe Pixobe Cartography pixobe-cartography allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects Pixobe Cartography: from n/a through <= 1.0.1.

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 applications (T1190) and arbitrary JavaScript execution in browser via crafted links (T1059.007).

Confidence: MEDIUM · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v19.0