CVE-2025-23728

High

Published: 26 March 2025

Published

26 March 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 45.5th percentile

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

Summary

CVE-2025-23728 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 45.5th 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-2025-23728 is an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability, classified as Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) under CWE-79, in the atelierhyper AuMenu (aumenu) WordPress plugin. This issue affects AuMenu versions from n/a through 1.1.5 inclusive. The vulnerability was published on 2025-03-26 and 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).

A remote, unauthenticated attacker can exploit this vulnerability over the network with low attack complexity, though it requires user interaction such as clicking a malicious link. Exploitation reflects attacker-controlled input into a web page, enabling arbitrary script execution in the victim's browser context. This can result in low impacts to confidentiality, integrity, and availability, with a changed scope.

The Patchstack advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/aumenu/vulnerability/wordpress-aumenu-plugin-1-1-5-reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve provides details on this WordPress AuMenu plugin vulnerability, including recommended mitigations.

EU & UK References

🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-8185

Vulnerability details

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in atelierhyper AuMenu aumenu allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects AuMenu: from n/a through <= 1.1.5.

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 T1190 (exploit public-facing application) and arbitrary JavaScript execution in browser (T1059.007).

Confidence: HIGH · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v19.0