CVE-2025-24570
Published: 24 January 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-24570 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 29.3th 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-10 (Information Input Validation) and SI-15 (Information Output Filtering).
Deeper analysis
CVE-2025-24570 is an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability, classified as Stored Cross-site Scripting (XSS) under CWE-79, in the Atarim Visual Collaboration plugin developed by Vito Peleg. This issue affects the Atarim WordPress plugin in all versions up to and including 4.0.8. The vulnerability was published on 2025-01-24 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 can exploit this Stored XSS vulnerability over the network with low complexity, requiring user interaction such as viewing a maliciously crafted page. By injecting unsanitized input that is stored and later rendered without proper neutralization, attackers can execute arbitrary scripts in the context of other users who access the affected content, achieving low impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability with a changed scope.
The Patchstack advisory (https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/atarim-visual-collaboration/vulnerability/wordpress-atarim-plugin-4-0-8-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve) documents this XSS vulnerability in the Atarim WordPress plugin version 4.0.8. Security practitioners should consult this reference for guidance on available patches and mitigation recommendations.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-3778
Vulnerability details
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Vito Peleg Atarim atarim-visual-collaboration allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Atarim: from n/a through <= 4.0.8.
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Related Threats
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
Stored XSS in public-facing WordPress plugin directly enables exploitation of public-facing applications (T1190) and arbitrary JavaScript execution in victim browsers (T1059.007).
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Mitigating Controls
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Information output filtering directly neutralizes stored malicious scripts during web page generation, preventing XSS execution in users' browsers.
Information input validation ensures injected payloads are sanitized before storage in the Atarim plugin, blocking the root cause of stored XSS.
Flaw remediation requires patching the specific improper neutralization vulnerability in Atarim versions up to 4.0.8.