CVE-2025-23630
Published: 22 January 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-23630 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 29.2th 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
Directly addresses the improper neutralization of input during web page generation by requiring validation of external inputs to prevent reflected XSS script injection.
Mitigates reflected XSS by filtering information outputs prior to rendering in the browser, neutralizing malicious scripts in generated web pages.
Requires timely remediation of the specific flaw in the Cyber Slider WordPress plugin, eliminating the vulnerability through patching.
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
Reflected XSS in public-facing WordPress plugin enables exploitation of public-facing apps (T1190), JS execution (T1059.007), browser session hijacking (T1185), and malicious link delivery (T1204.001).
NVD Description
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Irshad A.Khan Cyber Slider cyber-new-slider allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects Cyber Slider: from n/a through <= 1.1.
Deeper analysisAI
CVE-2025-23630 is an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability, classified as Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) under CWE-79, in the Cyber Slider WordPress plugin (cyber-new-slider) developed by Irshad A.Khan. This issue affects all versions of the plugin from unknown initial release through 1.1 inclusive. The vulnerability was published on 2025-01-22 and 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).
Attackers can exploit this Reflected XSS vulnerability remotely over the network with low attack complexity and no required privileges, though it demands user interaction such as clicking a malicious link. By tricking authenticated or unauthenticated users into accessing a crafted URL on a vulnerable site, attackers can inject and execute arbitrary scripts in the victim's browser within the site's context, achieving low impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability but with changed scope to potentially compromise user sessions or data.
The Patchstack advisory (https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/cyber-new-slider/vulnerability/wordpress-cyber-slider-plugin-1-1-reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve) documents the Reflected XSS vulnerability specifically in Cyber Slider plugin version 1.1 for WordPress, providing details relevant to mitigation for affected deployments.
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