CVE-2025-23716
Published: 03 March 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-23716 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 in the top 42.4% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; 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-2025-23716 is an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability, classified as Stored Cross-site Scripting (XSS) under CWE-79, in the JkmAS Login Watchdog WordPress plugin (login-watchdog). This issue affects all versions of the plugin up to and including 1.0.4.
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 privileges required for the attacker, and user interaction needed for exploitation. An attacker can inject and store malicious scripts via the plugin, which execute in the browser context of other users who view affected pages, enabling potential theft of session data, defacement, or further compromise with low impacts to confidentiality, integrity, and availability across a changed scope.
Patchstack's advisory documents this Stored XSS vulnerability in the WordPress Login Watchdog plugin version 1.0.4, providing details via their vulnerability database at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/login-watchdog/vulnerability/wordpress-login-watchdog-plugin-1-0-4-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-5701
Vulnerability details
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in JkmAS Login Watchdog login-watchdog allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Login Watchdog: from n/a through <= 1.0.4.
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Related Threats
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Why these techniques?
The vulnerability is a stored XSS flaw in a public-facing WordPress plugin that allows unauthenticated injection of malicious scripts executed in other users' browsers. This directly maps to exploitation of public-facing applications.
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Mitigating Controls
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
SI-10 requires validation of information inputs to prevent improper neutralization, directly mitigating the stored XSS vulnerability by ensuring malicious scripts are not accepted and stored.
SI-15 mandates filtering of information outputs to block execution of injected scripts in user browsers, comprehensively addressing the impact of stored XSS payloads.
SI-2 ensures timely identification, reporting, and correction of flaws like this stored XSS vulnerability through patching the affected WordPress plugin.