Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-23701

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 0.0023 46.2th percentile
Risk Priority 14 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2025-23701 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 46.2th 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).

Deeper analysis

CVE-2025-23701 is an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability, classified as Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) under CWE-79, in the Lime Developer Login WordPress plugin developed by limesquare. The issue affects all versions of the lime-developer-login plugin up to and including 1.4.0, as 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 network accessibility, low attack complexity, no required privileges, and user interaction such as clicking a malicious link. Unauthenticated attackers can exploit it by tricking targeted users—likely site administrators or developers—into accessing crafted payloads reflected in the login page, enabling script execution in the site's context due to scope change, with low impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

Patchstack's advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/lime-developer-login/vulnerability/wordpress-lime-developer-login-plugin-1-4-0-reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve documents the vulnerability in the Lime Developer Login WordPress plugin and provides associated mitigation guidance.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in limesquare Lime Developer Login lime-developer-login allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects Lime Developer Login: from n/a through <= 1.4.0.

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 enables exploitation of the application via malicious links and arbitrary JavaScript execution in the victim's browser context.

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

Requires filtering of information outputs to neutralize malicious scripts reflected in web pages, directly addressing the reflected XSS vulnerability.

SI-10 Information Input Validation good match
prevent

Mandates validation of inputs at web interfaces to block malicious payloads from being processed and reflected, preventing XSS exploitation.

SI-2 Flaw Remediation good match
prevent

Ensures timely patching of flaws like this XSS vulnerability in the Lime Developer Login plugin to eliminate the improper neutralization issue.

References