Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-23762

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 0.0035 57.6th percentile
Risk Priority 14 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2025-23762 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-2025-23762 is an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability, classified as CWE-79, enabling Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) in the DsgnWrks Twitter Importer WordPress plugin by Justin Sternberg. This issue affects the plugin from its initial release through version 1.1.4.

The vulnerability can be exploited by remote attackers over the network (AV:N) with low attack complexity (AC:L), requiring no privileges (PR:N) but user interaction (UI:R), such as an administrator clicking a malicious link. Exploitation changes scope (S:C) and results in low impacts to confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:L/I:L/A:L), yielding a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.1. Attackers can inject and execute arbitrary scripts in the victim's browser context.

Patchstack's advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/dsgnwrks-twitter-importer/vulnerability/wordpress-dsgnwrks-twitter-importer-plugin-1-1-4-reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve documents the Reflected XSS vulnerability in DsgnWrks Twitter Importer plugin version 1.1.4.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Justin Sternberg DsgnWrks Twitter Importer dsgnwrks-twitter-importer allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects DsgnWrks Twitter Importer: from n/a through <= 1.1.4.

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

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

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Affected Assets

Mitigating Controls

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

SI-15 Information Output Filtering good match
prevent

Directly addresses reflected XSS by filtering outputs during web page generation to block script injection in the victim's browser.

SI-10 Information Input Validation good match
prevent

Prevents exploitation by validating and neutralizing malicious inputs from untrusted sources like malicious links before processing in the WordPress plugin.

SI-2 Flaw Remediation good match
prevent

Mitigates the specific flaw in DsgnWrks Twitter Importer versions through <=1.1.4 by requiring timely application of vendor patches.

References