CVE-2025-23622
Published: 24 January 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-23622 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 43.0th 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-2025-23622 is an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability, classified as Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) under CWE-79, in the CBX Accounting & Bookkeeping WordPress plugin (cbxwpsimpleaccounting) developed by Sabuj Kundu. The issue affects all versions from n/a through 1.3.14 inclusive. It was published on 2025-01-24 with 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).
Attackers can exploit this vulnerability remotely over the network with low attack complexity and no privileges required, though it necessitates user interaction such as clicking a malicious link. Upon successful exploitation, adversaries achieve changed scope, enabling arbitrary script execution in the victim's browser context, resulting in low impacts to confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Patchstack's advisory documents the Reflected XSS vulnerability in the WordPress CBX Accounting & Bookkeeping plugin version 1.3.14, providing details for security practitioners at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/cbxwpsimpleaccounting/vulnerability/wordpress-cbx-accounting-bookkeeping-plugin-1-3-14-reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-3291
Vulnerability details
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Sabuj Kundu CBX Accounting & Bookkeeping cbxwpsimpleaccounting allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects CBX Accounting & Bookkeeping: from n/a through <= 1.3.14.
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Related Threats
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
The reflected XSS vulnerability in the public-facing WordPress plugin directly enables exploitation of the web application (T1190) and facilitates arbitrary JavaScript execution in the victim's browser (T1059.007).
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Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
SI-15 requires filtering of information outputs to prevent unneutralized user input from being rendered as executable scripts, directly addressing the reflected XSS vulnerability in the CBX Accounting plugin.
SI-10 enforces validation of user inputs to block malicious payloads before they are reflected in web page generation by the vulnerable plugin.
SI-2 mandates timely identification and remediation of software flaws, ensuring the specific XSS vulnerability in CBX Accounting versions <=1.3.14 is patched.