CVE-2025-23738

High

Published: 03 March 2025

Published

03 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 46.2th percentile

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

Summary

CVE-2025-23738 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-2025-23738 is an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability, classified as Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) under CWE-79, in the Ps Ads Pro WordPress plugin developed by Padam Shankhadev. The plugin, identified as ps-ads-pro, is affected in all versions from n/a through 1.0.0 inclusive. Published on 2025-03-03, it 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 high severity due to its network accessibility and scope change.

Attackers can exploit this vulnerability remotely without authentication or privileges, requiring only low complexity and user interaction, such as tricking a victim into visiting a maliciously crafted URL on a site running the vulnerable plugin. Exploitation reflects attacker-controlled input into the web page without proper neutralization, enabling script execution in the victim's browser context. This can result in low-level impacts: limited theft or modification of sensitive data (confidentiality and integrity) and minor denial of service (availability), amplified by the changed scope to the site's security context.

The Patchstack advisory provides details on this WordPress plugin vulnerability and recommends mitigation, available at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/ps-ads-pro/vulnerability/wordpress-ps-ads-pro-plugin-1-0-0-reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve.

EU & UK References

🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-5696

Vulnerability details

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Padam Shankhadev Ps Ads Pro ps-ads-pro allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects Ps Ads Pro: from n/a through <= 1.0.0.

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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Why these techniques?

Reflected XSS in public-facing WordPress plugin allows remote unauthenticated exploitation via crafted malicious URLs, directly mapping to T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application.

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