CVE-2025-23695
Published: 22 January 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-23695 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-2025-23695 is an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability, classified as Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) under CWE-79, affecting the kinlane CtyGrid Hyp3rL0cal Search hyp3rl0cal-city-search WordPress plugin. This issue impacts all versions from n/a through 0.1.1.1, as documented in the CVE published on 2025-01-22.
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 it is exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, no required privileges, but necessitating user interaction such as clicking a malicious link. Remote attackers can deliver crafted payloads via reflected inputs, achieving limited impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability within a changed security scope, such as executing scripts in the context of a victim's browser session.
Patchstack's advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/hyp3rl0cal-city-search/vulnerability/wordpress-ctygrid-hyp3rl0cal-search-plugin-0-1-1-1-reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve details the Reflected XSS vulnerability in the CtyGrid Hyp3rL0cal Search WordPress plugin version 0.1.1.1.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-3351
Vulnerability details
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in kinlane CtyGrid Hyp3rL0cal Search hyp3rl0cal-city-search allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects CtyGrid Hyp3rL0cal Search: from n/a through <= 0.1.1.1.
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Related Threats
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
Reflected XSS in public-facing WordPress plugin directly enables exploitation of the web app (T1190) to inject and execute arbitrary JavaScript in the victim's browser (T1059.007) via crafted malicious links.
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Mitigating Controls
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Mandates filtering of information outputs during web page generation to neutralize malicious scripts, directly preventing reflected XSS exploitation.
Requires validation of user inputs to block crafted payloads that could be improperly reflected, addressing the root cause of improper input neutralization.
Ensures timely identification, reporting, and correction of the specific flaw in the CtyGrid Hyp3rL0cal Search WordPress plugin through patching or removal.