CVE-2025-25113
Published: 03 March 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-25113 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 45.9th 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).
Threat & Defense at a Glance
Threat & Defense Details
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5)AI
Directly addresses improper neutralization of input during web page generation by filtering and encoding outputs to prevent reflected XSS script execution.
Validates untrusted inputs to the WordPress plugin, rejecting or sanitizing malicious payloads before they are reflected in generated web pages.
Remediates the specific flaw in the Implied Cookie Consent plugin versions <=1.3 by identifying, prioritizing, and applying patches for this XSS vulnerability.
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
Reflected XSS enables arbitrary JavaScript execution in the browser (T1059.007) triggered by user interaction with a crafted malicious link (T1204.001), directly facilitating browser session hijacking (T1185).
NVD Description
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Senktec Implied Cookie Consent implied-cookie-consent allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects Implied Cookie Consent: from n/a through <= 1.3.
Deeper analysisAI
CVE-2025-25113 is an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability, classified as Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) under CWE-79, in the Senktec Implied Cookie Consent WordPress plugin (implied-cookie-consent). This issue affects all versions from n/a through 1.3 inclusive. Published on 2025-03-03, it 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).
A network-based attacker requires no privileges and can exploit the vulnerability with low attack complexity by inducing a user to interact with malicious input, such as a crafted link or payload reflected in web page generation. Exploitation enables arbitrary script execution in the victim's browser context due to the changed scope, resulting in low impacts to confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
The Patchstack advisory provides further details on this vulnerability, including potential mitigation steps, at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/implied-cookie-consent/vulnerability/wordpress-external-video-for-everybody-plugin-2-1-1-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability-2?_s_id=cve.
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