Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-26575

High

Published: 26 March 2025

Published
26 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 0.0027 50.3th percentile
Risk Priority 14 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2025-26575 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 49.7% 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-2025-26575 is an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability, classified as Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) under CWE-79, in the Display Post Meta WordPress plugin by Kyle Maurer. The issue affects the plugin from its initial release (n/a) through version 2.4.4.

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 is exploitable over the network with low attack complexity and no privileges required, though it demands user interaction such as clicking a malicious link. An unauthenticated attacker can inject and reflect malicious scripts via user-controlled input during web page generation, executing them in the victim's browser context and achieving low impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability due to the changed scope.

Mitigation details are available in the Patchstack advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/display-post-meta/vulnerability/wordpress-display-post-meta-plugin-1-5-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 Kyle Maurer Display Post Meta display-post-meta allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects Display Post Meta: from n/a through <= 2.4.4.

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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Why these techniques?

The CVE describes a reflected XSS vulnerability (CWE-79) in a public-facing WordPress plugin, directly enabling exploitation of public-facing applications to execute malicious scripts in the victim's browser context.

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

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Affected Assets

Mitigating Controls

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

SI-15 Information Output Filtering good match
prevent

Directly mandates filtering of outputs during web page generation to neutralize unsanitized user inputs and prevent reflected XSS execution in the victim's browser.

SI-10 Information Input Validation good match
prevent

Requires validation of user-controlled inputs to the Display Post Meta plugin, addressing the improper neutralization that enables script injection.

SI-2 Flaw Remediation good match
prevent

Ensures timely identification, reporting, and patching of the specific flaw in Display Post Meta versions through <=2.4.4 to remediate the XSS vulnerability.

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