CVE-2025-26585
Published: 03 March 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-26585 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 Browser Session Hijacking (T1185); 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-2025-26585 is an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability, classified as Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) under CWE-79, in the DyadyaLesha DL Leadback WordPress plugin (dl-leadback). It affects all versions from n/a through 1.2.1 inclusive. Published on 2025-03-03T14:15:55.470, the issue 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).
The vulnerability enables exploitation over the network with low complexity, requiring no privileges but user interaction. An attacker can deliver malicious payloads via reflected inputs, such as crafted URLs or form submissions, tricking authenticated users into executing scripts in their browser context when accessing affected pages. Successful exploitation yields low impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, with a changed scope allowing potential effects beyond the vulnerable component.
The primary advisory reference from Patchstack (https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/dl-leadback/vulnerability/wordpress-dl-leadback-plugin-1-2-1-reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve) documents the Reflected XSS in DL Leadback version 1.2.1 for WordPress, providing vulnerability details for affected plugin instances.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-5618
Vulnerability details
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in DyadyaLesha DL Leadback dl-leadback allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects DL Leadback: from n/a through <= 1.2.1.
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Related Threats
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
The reflected XSS vulnerability allows injection and execution of arbitrary scripts in authenticated users' browsers via crafted URLs, directly enabling browser session hijacking (T1185) and stealing web session cookies (T1539).
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Mitigating Controls
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
SI-15 mandates filtering of information outputs, directly preventing reflected XSS by neutralizing malicious inputs before web page generation.
SI-10 enforces validation of inputs to reject or sanitize malicious payloads, addressing the improper neutralization exploited in this reflected XSS vulnerability.
SI-2 requires timely identification and remediation of flaws like this XSS vulnerability in the DL Leadback plugin, eliminating the root cause.