CVE-2025-25127

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-2025-25127 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-2025-25127 is an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability, classified as Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) under CWE-79, affecting the WordPress plugin "Contact Us By Lord Linus" by Rohitashv Singhal. This issue impacts all versions of the plugin from unknown initial release through version 2.6 inclusive. The vulnerability was published on 2025-03-03 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 attack complexity and no required privileges, though it necessitates user interaction such as clicking a malicious link. Exploitation enables reflected XSS, allowing attackers to inject and execute arbitrary scripts in the context of a victim's browser, potentially leading to limited impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability due to the changed scope.

The Patchstack advisory documents this vulnerability for the WordPress plugin and provides details at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/contact-us-by-lord-linus/vulnerability/wordpress-contact-us-by-lord-linus-plugin-2-6-reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve. Security practitioners should consult this reference for mitigation guidance.

EU & UK References

🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-5635

Vulnerability details

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Rohitashv Singhal Contact Us By Lord Linus contact-us-by-lord-linus allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects Contact Us By Lord Linus: from n/a through <= 2.6.

CWE(s): CWE-79

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access

Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.

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T1059.007 JavaScript Execution

Adversaries may abuse various implementations of JavaScript for execution.

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Why these techniques?

The reflected XSS vulnerability in the public-facing WordPress plugin directly enables exploitation of web applications (T1190) via crafted malicious links and execution of arbitrary JavaScript in the victim's browser (T1059.007).

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