CVE-2025-26563
Published: 03 March 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-26563 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-2025-26563 is an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability, enabling Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS), in the rocket-wp-mobile WordPress plugin by Muneeb Mobile. The issue affects Mobile plugin versions from n/a through 1.3.3 and is associated with CWE-79.
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), the vulnerability can be exploited remotely over the network by unauthenticated attackers requiring low complexity and user interaction, such as visiting a malicious link. Exploitation changes scope and allows limited impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, typically through script execution in the victim's browser context.
The Patchstack advisory provides details on this vulnerability in the rocket-wp-mobile plugin at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/rocket-wp-mobile/vulnerability/wordpress-rocket-mobile-plugin-0-4-2-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-5625
Vulnerability details
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Muneeb Mobile rocket-wp-mobile allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects Mobile: from n/a through <= 1.3.3.
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Related Threats
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
The reflected XSS in a public-facing WordPress plugin is exploited via crafted malicious links requiring user interaction to trigger browser script execution, directly mapping to exploiting public-facing apps and user execution via malicious links.
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Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Directly mitigates the improper neutralization of input vulnerability by enforcing validation of user inputs to block XSS payloads in the WordPress plugin.
Prevents reflected XSS execution by filtering and encoding information outputs generated during web page rendering in the vulnerable plugin.
Addresses the specific CVE flaw by requiring timely identification, reporting, and patching of the XSS vulnerability in rocket-wp-mobile versions up to 1.3.3.