Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-23769

High

Published: 22 January 2025

Published
22 January 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-2025-23769 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-2025-23769 is an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability, classified as Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) under CWE-79, in the Content Mirror WordPress plugin by dreamsofmatter. This issue affects Content Mirror versions from n/a through 1.2 inclusive, as published on 2025-01-22.

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 it is exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, no required privileges, and user interaction. Remote attackers can exploit it by crafting malicious inputs that are reflected unsanitized in web page generation, tricking authenticated users into triggering the XSS via phishing links or similar vectors, potentially executing arbitrary scripts in the victim's browser session with low impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability but changed scope.

The Patchstack advisory (https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/content-mirror/vulnerability/wordpress-content-mirror-plugin-1-2-reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve) documents the Reflected XSS vulnerability in Content Mirror plugin version 1.2 for WordPress.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in dreamsofmatter Content Mirror content-mirror allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects Content Mirror: from n/a through <= 1.2.

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 public-facing applications (T1190) via crafted malicious inputs and facilitates arbitrary JavaScript execution in the victim's browser (T1059.007) through unsanitized reflection, often via phishing links.

Confidence: HIGH · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v18.1

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Affected Assets

Mitigating Controls

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

SI-10 Information Input Validation good match
prevent

SI-10 mandates validation of all information inputs, directly preventing the improper neutralization of malicious inputs that enables reflected XSS in the Content Mirror plugin.

SI-15 Information Output Filtering good match
prevent

SI-15 requires filtering of information outputs to remove malicious content like XSS scripts, comprehensively blocking reflected payloads from executing in victims' browsers.

SI-2 Flaw Remediation good match
prevent

SI-2 ensures timely flaw remediation, such as patching the Content Mirror plugin versions up to 1.2 affected by this XSS vulnerability.

References