Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-24676

High

Published: 03 February 2025

Published
03 February 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 0.0005 15.3th percentile
Risk Priority 14 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2025-24676 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 Malicious Link (T1204.001); ranked at the 15.3th 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-2025-24676 is an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability, classified as Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) under CWE-79, in the Custom WP Store Locator plugin (custom-store-locator) developed by umangmetatagg for WordPress. The issue affects all versions of the plugin from n/a through 1.4.7 inclusive. It was published on 2025-02-03 with 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).

Attackers can exploit this vulnerability remotely over the network with low complexity and no privileges required, though it necessitates user interaction such as clicking a malicious link. With changed scope, exploitation enables low-level impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, typically allowing execution of arbitrary scripts in the victim's browser context on the affected WordPress site.

The Patchstack advisory details this Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in Custom WP Store Locator version 1.4.7 and provides mitigation guidance, available at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/custom-store-locator/vulnerability/wordpress-custom-wp-store-locator-plugin-1-4-7-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in umangmetatagg Custom WP Store Locator custom-store-locator allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects Custom WP Store Locator: from n/a through <= 1.4.7.

CWE(s)
CWE-79

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

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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T1059.007 JavaScript Execution
Adversaries may abuse various implementations of JavaScript for execution.
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Why these techniques?

Reflected XSS vulnerability enables arbitrary JavaScript execution in the victim's browser when a user clicks a crafted malicious link to the vulnerable WordPress plugin page.

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

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Affected Assets

Mitigating Controls

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

SI-2 Flaw Remediation good match
prevent

Directly mitigates CVE-2025-24676 by requiring identification, reporting, and timely patching of the vulnerable Custom WP Store Locator plugin versions <=1.4.7.

SI-15 Information Output Filtering good match
prevent

Prevents reflected XSS exploitation by filtering and encoding plugin-generated web page outputs to neutralize injected scripts.

SI-10 Information Input Validation good match
prevent

Addresses improper input neutralization in the plugin by validating user-supplied inputs at web entry points to block malicious XSS payloads.

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