Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-23625

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 0.0011 29.3th percentile
Risk Priority 14 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2025-23625 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 29.3th 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).

Deeper analysis

CVE-2025-23625 is an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability, enabling Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) as classified under CWE-79. It affects the Unique UX WordPress plugin developed by awcode, impacting versions from n/a through 0.9.2 inclusive.

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). Remote attackers require no privileges and can exploit it over the network with low complexity by tricking users into interacting, such as via a malicious link. Successful exploitation enables limited impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability in a changed scope.

The Patchstack advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/unique-ux/vulnerability/wordpress-unique-ux-plugin-0-9-2-reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve documents the Reflected XSS issue in Unique UX plugin version 0.9.2.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in awcode Unique UX unique-ux allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects Unique UX: from n/a through <= 0.9.2.

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 application vulnerabilities (T1190) and arbitrary JavaScript execution in victim browser context (T1059.007).

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

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Affected Assets

Mitigating Controls

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

SI-15 Information Output Filtering good match
prevent

Directly addresses reflected XSS by filtering web page outputs to neutralize untrusted input before rendering, preventing script injection in the Unique UX plugin.

SI-10 Information Input Validation good match
prevent

Validates inputs to the Unique UX plugin to reject or sanitize malicious payloads that could be reflected as executable scripts.

SI-2 Flaw Remediation good match
prevent

Requires timely patching of the specific improper neutralization flaw in Unique UX versions through 0.9.2 to eliminate the XSS vulnerability.

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