Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-23658

High

Published: 14 February 2025

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

Summary

CVE-2025-23658 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-2025-23658 is an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability, classified as reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) under CWE-79, in the Advanced Angular Contact Form WordPress plugin by Tauhidul Alam. This issue affects the plugin from unknown initial versions through version 1.1.0.

A remote, unauthenticated attacker can exploit this vulnerability over the network with low attack complexity by crafting malicious input that is reflected in the generated web page, requiring user interaction such as clicking a link. The CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.1 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L) indicates high severity, enabling limited impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability within a changed scope, such as executing scripts in the victim's browser context.

Patchstack has documented this vulnerability in their database for the Advanced Angular Contact Form WordPress plugin, detailing the reflected XSS in version 1.1.0.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Tauhidul Alam Advanced Angular Contact Form advanced-angular-contact-form allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects Advanced Angular Contact Form: from n/a through <= 1.1.0.

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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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 directly enables exploitation of public-facing applications (T1190) and execution of JavaScript in victim's browser context (T1059.007).

Confidence: HIGH · 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

SI-15 requires filtering of information outputs to neutralize malicious scripts during web page generation, directly preventing reflected XSS execution in the victim's browser.

SI-10 Information Input Validation good match
prevent

SI-10 enforces validation of inputs like those in the contact form, rejecting crafted malicious payloads before they can be reflected.

SI-2 Flaw Remediation good match
prevent

SI-2 ensures timely flaw remediation by identifying and patching the XSS vulnerability in the Advanced Angular Contact Form plugin up to version 1.1.0.

References