CVE-2025-23735

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-2025-23735 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-2025-23735 is an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability, classified as Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) under CWE-79, in the Infugrator WordPress plugin developed by Cosmin Schiopu. This issue affects Infugrator versions from n/a through 1.0.3 inclusive. The vulnerability has 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 high severity due to its network accessibility, low attack complexity, lack of required privileges, user interaction requirement, and scope change.

An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability by crafting malicious input that is reflected back in a web page generated by the plugin. The attacker typically tricks a victim user—such as a site administrator or authenticated visitor—into interacting with the malicious payload, for example by clicking a phishing link or visiting a tainted URL. Upon successful exploitation, the attacker can execute arbitrary JavaScript in the victim's browser context, achieving low impacts on confidentiality (e.g., limited data exposure), integrity (e.g., minor tampering), and availability (e.g., minor denial of service).

The primary advisory reference is from Patchstack at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/infugrator/vulnerability/wordpress-infugrator-plugin-1-0-3-reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve, which documents the vulnerability in the WordPress Infugrator plugin version 1.0.3.

EU & UK References

🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-8184

Vulnerability details

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Cosmin Schiopu Infugrator infugrator allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects Infugrator: from n/a through <= 1.0.3.

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 remote exploitation of the web application (T1190) to execute arbitrary JavaScript in the victim's browser (T1059.007) via crafted malicious links.

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