CVE-2025-24557
Published: 03 February 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-24557 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 17.3th 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-15 (Information Output Filtering) and SI-2 (Flaw Remediation).
Threat & Defense at a Glance
Threat & Defense Details
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5)AI
Directly mandates identifying, reporting, and correcting the specific XSS flaw in the PlainInventory plugin through timely patching or updates.
Enforces output filtering to neutralize malicious scripts reflected in web page generation, preventing XSS execution in victim browsers.
Validates user inputs from URLs or forms to block malicious payloads before they are reflected in plugin-generated web pages.
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
Reflected XSS in public-facing WordPress plugin directly enables T1190; facilitates malicious link delivery (T1566.002), keylogging via injected scripts (T1056.001), and web session cookie theft (T1539).
NVD Description
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in plainware PlainInventory z-inventory-manager allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects PlainInventory: from n/a through <= 3.1.5.
Deeper analysisAI
**CVE-2025-24557** is an **Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation** vulnerability, classified as **Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS)** under **CWE-79**. It affects the **PlainInventory z-inventory-manager plugin for WordPress**, specifically all versions from **n/a through <= 3.1.5**. Published on **2025-02-03**, it has a **CVSS v3.1 score of 7.1** (**AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L**), indicating **high severity** due to its network accessibility, low complexity, no required privileges, user interaction dependency, and cross-origin scope with low impacts across confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
**Attackers** can exploit this remotely **without authentication** by crafting malicious inputs (e.g., via URLs or forms) that reflect executable scripts back to users interacting with the plugin's web pages. **Victims** (e.g., site admins or logged-in users) clicking links or visiting pages trigger script execution in their browser context, enabling **cookie/session theft**, **keylogging**, **phishing**, or **account hijacking**. With **cross-origin privileges (S:C)**, attackers could pivot to deface sites, redirect users, or chain attacks if victims hold elevated roles.
Per the **Patchstack advisory** (https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/z-inventory-manager/vulnerability/wordpress-plaininventory-plugin-3-1-5-reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve), **mitigate by updating** to a patched version (if available), **disabling the plugin**, enabling **Content Security Policy (CSP)** headers, input validation, and monitoring for anomalous requests. No other advisories provided.
No data on real-world exploitation or AI/ML ties.
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