CVE-2025-25070
Published: 03 March 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-25070 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 46.2th 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).
Deeper analysis
CVE-2025-25070 is an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability, classified as Stored Cross-site Scripting (XSS) under CWE-79, in the WordPress plugin Album Reviewer by ed atrero. This issue affects all versions of Album Reviewer from n/a through 2.0.2.
The vulnerability can be exploited by unauthenticated attackers over the network (AV:N) with low attack complexity (AC:L), requiring user interaction (UI:R) such as viewing a malicious page. Exploitation changes scope (S:C) and results in low impacts to confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:L/I:L/A:L), enabling arbitrary JavaScript execution in the victim's browser context. This could allow attackers to steal session cookies, impersonate users, or perform actions on behalf of victims viewing the stored malicious content.
Patchstack's advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/albumreviewer/vulnerability/wordpress-album-reviewer-plugin-2-0-2-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve documents the Stored XSS vulnerability in Album Reviewer 2.0.2, recommending that practitioners review it for mitigation guidance such as plugin updates or removal. The CVE was published on 2025-03-03 with a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.1.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-5650
Vulnerability details
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in ed atrero Album Reviewer albumreviewer allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Album Reviewer: from n/a through <= 2.0.2.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
Stored XSS in public-facing WordPress plugin directly enables T1190 (exploiting the web app vuln for injection), T1185 (arbitrary JS execution for browser session hijacking), and T1606.001 (stealing web cookies to impersonate users).
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Mitigating Controls
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
SI-10 enforces validation of inputs to the Album Reviewer plugin, directly preventing the improper neutralization that allows storage of malicious XSS payloads.
SI-15 requires filtering of information outputs during web page generation, neutralizing stored XSS scripts before execution in victims' browsers.
SI-2 mandates timely flaw remediation, such as updating or removing vulnerable Album Reviewer plugin versions through 2.0.2 to eliminate the XSS vulnerability.