CVE-2025-25124

High

Published: 03 March 2025

Published

03 March 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 0.0011 29.3th percentile

Risk Priority 14 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2025-25124 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 Spearphishing Link (T1566.002); 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-2025-25124 is an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability, classified as reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) under CWE-79, in the devu Status Updater fb-status-updater WordPress plugin. This issue affects all versions of the plugin from n/a through 1.9.2.

The vulnerability has 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), indicating exploitation over the network with low attack complexity, no privileges required, but user interaction needed. An unauthenticated attacker can craft a malicious request that reflects input without neutralization, tricking a victim user—such as a site administrator or logged-in user—into accessing it via a phishing link or similar vector. This executes arbitrary JavaScript in the victim's browser within the site's context, enabling limited impacts like session hijacking, data theft, or site defacement.

Patchstack provides details on this vulnerability, including mitigation guidance, at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/fb-status-updater/vulnerability/wordpress-wp-spell-check-plugin-9-21-cross-site-request-forgery-csrf-vulnerability-3?_s_id=cve.

EU & UK References

🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-5649

Vulnerability details

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in devu Status Updater fb-status-updater allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects Status Updater: from n/a through <= 1.9.2.

CWE(s): CWE-79

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1566.002 Spearphishing Link Initial Access

Adversaries may send spearphishing emails with a malicious link in an attempt to gain access to victim systems.

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T1185 Browser Session Hijacking Collection

Adversaries may take advantage of security vulnerabilities and inherent functionality in browser software to change content, modify user-behaviors, and intercept information as part of various browser session hijacking techniques.

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T1491.002 External Defacement Impact

An adversary may deface systems external to an organization in an attempt to deliver messaging, intimidate, or otherwise mislead an organization or users.

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Why these techniques?

Reflected XSS enables arbitrary JS execution in victim's browser via phishing link (T1566.002), directly facilitating browser session hijacking (T1185) and external site defacement (T1491.002).

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