CVE-2025-23645

High

Published: 04 February 2025

Published

04 February 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 0.0013 32.1th percentile

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

Summary

CVE-2025-23645 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 32.1th 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-2025-23645 is an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability, classified as Reflected Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79), in the Optimize Worldwide Find Content IDs (find-content-ids) WordPress plugin. This issue affects all versions of the plugin from n/a through 1.0 inclusive. The vulnerability was published on 2025-02-04.

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 changed scope and low impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Remote attackers can exploit it by crafting malicious inputs that reflect unsanitized user-supplied data in web page generation, potentially executing scripts in the context of a victim's browser upon interaction, such as clicking a crafted link.

The Patchstack advisory (https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/find-content-ids/vulnerability/wordpress-find-content-ids-plugin-1-0-reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve) documents the Reflected XSS vulnerability in the Find Content IDs WordPress plugin version 1.0.

EU & UK References

🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-3309

Vulnerability details

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Optimize Worldwide Find Content IDs find-content-ids allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects Find Content IDs: from n/a through <= 1.0.

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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T1204.001 Malicious Link Execution

An adversary may rely upon a user clicking a malicious link in order to gain execution.

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Why these techniques?

Reflected XSS in public-facing WordPress plugin directly enables T1190 (explicitly includes XSS in public apps); exploitation via crafted malicious link clicked by victim maps to T1204.001.

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