CVE-2025-24534
Published: 31 January 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-24534 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 Exploitation for Client Execution (T1203); ranked at the 35.2th 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
SI-15 mandates filtering of information outputs to prevent the reflection of unneutralized malicious input as executable scripts in web pages, directly addressing this reflected XSS vulnerability.
SI-10 requires validation of inputs to block malicious payloads before they are processed and reflected in web page generation, comprehensively mitigating the improper neutralization issue.
SI-2 ensures timely identification, reporting, and correction of flaws such as this XSS vulnerability in the DPortfolio plugin through patching and testing.
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
Reflected XSS via crafted malicious links directly enables client-side code execution in browsers (T1203) and supports delivery through spearphishing links (T1566.002).
NVD Description
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in dinamiko DPortfolio dportfolio allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects DPortfolio: from n/a through <= 2.0.
Deeper analysisAI
CVE-2025-24534 is an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability, classified as Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) under CWE-79, in the dinamiko DPortfolio WordPress plugin. This issue affects DPortfolio versions from n/a through 2.0 inclusive, as published on 2025-01-31.
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), indicating network accessibility, low attack complexity, no required privileges, and user interaction needed, with a scope change to confidential. Remote attackers can exploit it by crafting malicious links that reflect injected scripts into users' browsers upon interaction, potentially enabling session hijacking, phishing, or minor disruptions to confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
The Patchstack advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/dportfolio/vulnerability/wordpress-dportfolio-plugin-2-0-reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve documents the Reflected XSS vulnerability in the DPortfolio plugin version 2.0 and provides details on remediation for affected WordPress installations.
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