Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-25164

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 0.0035 57.6th percentile
Risk Priority 14 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2025-25164 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 in the top 42.4% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; 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-2025-25164 is an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability, classified as Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) under CWE-79, in the Meta Accelerator WordPress plugin developed by Yuichiro ABE. The issue affects Meta Accelerator versions from n/a through 1.0.4, allowing attackers to inject malicious scripts via unsanitized input reflected in web page generation.

The vulnerability 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), indicating it is exploitable over the network with low complexity, no required privileges, and user interaction such as clicking a malicious link. Remote unauthenticated attackers can craft inputs that reflect back into dynamically generated pages, executing arbitrary scripts in the context of the victim's browser and potentially accessing sensitive data like session cookies or performing actions on the user's behalf.

Mitigation details and further analysis are provided in the Patchstack advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/meta-accelerator/vulnerability/wordpress-meta-accelerator-plugin-1-0-4-reflected-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 Yuichiro ABE Meta Accelerator meta-accelerator allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects Meta Accelerator: from n/a through <= 1.0.4.

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?

Reflected XSS in public-facing WordPress plugin directly enables exploitation of Internet-facing web applications (T1190) and arbitrary JavaScript execution in victim browsers (T1059.007).

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

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Affected Assets

Mitigating Controls

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

SI-10 Information Input Validation good match
prevent

Directly addresses improper neutralization of input by enforcing validation of user inputs to prevent injection of malicious scripts in reflected XSS attacks.

SI-15 Information Output Filtering good match
prevent

Mitigates reflected XSS by filtering and encoding information outputs during web page generation to block script execution in victims' browsers.

SI-2 Flaw Remediation good match
prevent

Remediates the specific flaw in the Meta Accelerator plugin by identifying, reporting, and applying patches to versions up to 1.0.4.

References