CVE-2025-23742
Published: 14 February 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-23742 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 Spearphishing Link (T1566.002); ranked at the 29.2th 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).
Threat & Defense at a Glance
Threat & Defense Details
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5)AI
Filters information prior to output in web pages, directly preventing reflected XSS by neutralizing malicious scripts in unsanitized input.
Validates inputs to the WordPress plugin, rejecting or sanitizing payloads that could be reflected as executable scripts.
Remediates the improper neutralization flaw in podamibe-twilio-private-call versions <=1.0.1 through timely patching.
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
Reflected XSS allows script injection via malicious links (Spearphishing Link) and enables JavaScript execution in the victim's browser context.
NVD Description
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Podamibe Nepal Podamibe Twilio Private Call podamibe-twilio-private-call allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects Podamibe Twilio Private Call: from n/a through <= 1.0.1.
Deeper analysisAI
CVE-2025-23742 is an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability, classified as Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) under CWE-79, in the Podamibe Twilio Private Call WordPress plugin (podamibe-twilio-private-call) developed by Podamibe Nepal. The issue affects all versions from n/a through 1.0.1, allowing attackers to inject malicious scripts via unsanitized input reflected in web page generation.
With 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), the vulnerability is exploitable remotely over the network by unauthenticated attackers with low attack complexity, provided they can induce user interaction, such as clicking a malicious link. Successful exploitation enables script execution in the context of the victim's browser, potentially compromising low levels of confidentiality, integrity, and availability while changing the scope to impact the client-side security context.
The Patchstack advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/podamibe-twilio-private-call/vulnerability/wordpress-podamibe-twilio-private-call-plugin-1-0-1-reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve documents the Reflected XSS flaw in Podamibe Twilio Private Call plugin version 1.0.1, providing details for WordPress administrators to assess and address exposure in affected installations.
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