Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-23894

High

Published: 23 January 2025

Published
23 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 0.0018 39.1th percentile
Risk Priority 14 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2025-23894 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 39.1th 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-2025-23894 is an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability, enabling Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) as classified under CWE-79. It affects the wp-flickr-press WordPress plugin by tatsuya, with all versions from n/a through 2.6.4 vulnerable. The issue was published on 2025-01-23 and 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).

Unauthenticated attackers (PR:N) can exploit this over the network (AV:N) with low attack complexity (AC:L), though it requires user interaction (UI:R), such as clicking a malicious link. Exploitation changes scope (S:C), allowing script execution in the victim's browser, resulting in low impacts to confidentiality (C:L), integrity (I:L), and availability (A:L).

The Patchstack advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/wp-flickr-press/vulnerability/wordpress-wp-flickr-press-plugin-2-6-4-reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve provides further details on this vulnerability in the wp-flickr-press plugin version 2.6.4.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in tatsuya wp-flickr-press wp-flickr-press allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects wp-flickr-press: from n/a through <= 2.6.4.

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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T1566.002 Spearphishing Link Initial Access
Adversaries may send spearphishing emails with a malicious link in an attempt to gain access to victim systems.
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Why these techniques?

Reflected XSS in public-facing WordPress plugin directly enables exploitation of public-facing applications via crafted URLs and facilitates delivery through malicious links requiring user interaction.

Confidence: MEDIUM · 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

SI-15 requires filtering information prior to output to web pages, directly preventing reflected XSS by neutralizing malicious scripts in the wp-flickr-press plugin's generated content.

SI-10 Information Input Validation good match
prevent

SI-10 enforces validation of all inputs, addressing the improper neutralization of input during web page generation that enables this reflected XSS vulnerability.

SI-2 Flaw Remediation good match
prevent

SI-2 mandates timely flaw remediation, including patching or removing the vulnerable wp-flickr-press plugin versions through 2.6.4.

References