Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-24560

High

Published: 31 January 2025

Published
31 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 0.0015 35.4th percentile
Risk Priority 14 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2025-24560 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 JavaScript (T1059.007); ranked at the 35.4th 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-2025-24560 is an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability, classified as Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) under CWE-79, affecting the Awesome Event Booking WordPress plugin by AwesomeTOGI (awesome-event-booking). The issue impacts all versions from n/a through 2.7.1, as published on 2025-01-31.

The vulnerability carries a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.1 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L), indicating exploitation is possible remotely over the network by an unauthenticated attacker with low complexity, though it requires user interaction. An attacker can craft a malicious input that reflects unsanitized on a web page, executing scripts in the victim's browser context and potentially achieving low impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability with a changed scope.

Patchstack provides details on the vulnerability via its advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/awesome-event-booking/vulnerability/wordpress-awesome-event-booking-plugin-2-7-1-reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve, covering the Reflected XSS in Awesome Event Booking plugin version 2.7.1.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in AwesomeTOGI Awesome Event Booking awesome-event-booking allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects Awesome Event Booking: from n/a through <= 2.7.1.

CWE(s)
CWE-79

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1059.007 JavaScript Execution
Adversaries may abuse various implementations of JavaScript for execution.
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T1204.001 Malicious Link Execution
An adversary may rely upon a user clicking a malicious link in order to gain execution.
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Why these techniques?

Reflected XSS allows injection and execution of arbitrary JavaScript in the victim's browser (T1059.007) when the user interacts with a crafted malicious link (T1204.001).

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

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Affected Assets

Mitigating Controls

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

SI-10 Information Input Validation good match
prevent

Directly mandates validation of user inputs to neutralize malicious scripts before processing, preventing reflected XSS exploitation in the WordPress plugin.

SI-15 Information Output Filtering good match
prevent

Requires filtering and encoding of outputs prior to rendering, blocking reflected malicious scripts from executing in victims' browsers.

SI-2 Flaw Remediation good match
prevent

Ensures timely identification, reporting, and patching of flaws like this reflected XSS vulnerability in the Awesome Event Booking plugin.

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