CVE-2025-23964

High

Published: 26 March 2025

Published

26 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 0.0019 40.7th percentile

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

Summary

CVE-2025-23964 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 40.7th 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-2025-23964 is an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability, classified as Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) under CWE-79, affecting the ajitae Google Plus (google-plus-google) WordPress plugin. This issue impacts all versions from n/a through 1.0.2. The vulnerability 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) and was published on 2025-03-26T15:16:07.173.

Remote attackers can exploit this vulnerability over the network with low complexity and no required privileges, though it necessitates user interaction such as clicking a malicious link. Exploitation enables script injection into dynamically generated web pages, achieving low impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability within a changed scope.

Patchstack documents this Reflected XSS vulnerability in their database entry for the WordPress Google Plus plugin version 1.0.2.

EU & UK References

🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-8181

Vulnerability details

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in ajitae Google Plus google-plus-google allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects Google Plus: from n/a through <= 1.0.2.

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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T1566.002 Spearphishing Link Initial Access

Adversaries may send spearphishing emails with a malicious link in an attempt to gain access to victim systems.

attack.mitre.org →

Why these techniques?

Reflected XSS in public-facing WordPress plugin directly enables T1190 (exploiting public-facing apps) and is delivered via malicious links matching T1566.002.

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