Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-26914

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 0.0021 43.0th percentile
Risk Priority 14 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2025-26914 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 43.0th 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-2025-26914 is an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability, classified as Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) under CWE-79, affecting the Bowo Variable Inspector WordPress plugin (variable-inspector). This issue impacts all versions up to and including 2.6.2. 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) and was published on 2025-03-03T14:15:56.500.

The vulnerability can be exploited by any network-accessible attacker with low attack complexity and no privileges required, though it demands user interaction such as visiting a maliciously crafted link or page. Successful exploitation enables reflected XSS, allowing arbitrary script execution in the victim's browser context with a changed scope, resulting in low impacts to confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

Mitigation details are available in the Patchstack advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/variable-inspector/vulnerability/wordpress-variable-inspector-plugin-2-6-2-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 Bowo Variable Inspector variable-inspector allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects Variable Inspector: from n/a through <= 2.6.2.

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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T1204.001 Malicious Link Execution
An adversary may rely upon a user clicking a malicious link in order to gain execution.
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Why these techniques?

Reflected XSS in public-facing WordPress plugin directly enables T1190 (exploit public-facing app), T1059.007 (arbitrary JavaScript execution in browser), and T1204.001 (malicious link delivery requiring user interaction).

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

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Affected Assets

Mitigating Controls

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

SI-2 Flaw Remediation good match
prevent

Directly remediates the reflected XSS flaw in the Variable Inspector WordPress plugin by identifying, reporting, and applying timely patches or updates.

SI-15 Information Output Filtering good match
prevent

Filters information output to web pages to neutralize malicious scripts reflected from untrusted inputs in the plugin.

SI-10 Information Input Validation good match
prevent

Validates inputs to the plugin to prevent acceptance and reflection of malicious XSS payloads.

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