Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-27267

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 0.0019 40.7th percentile
Risk Priority 14 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2025-27267 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 40.7th 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-2025-27267 is an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability, classified as Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) under CWE-79, in the Random Quotes WordPress plugin by srcoley (slug: random-quotes). This issue affects all versions of the plugin from n/a through 1.3 inclusive. The vulnerability was published on 2025-03-26 and 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).

Attackers can exploit this vulnerability remotely over the network with low attack complexity and no required privileges, though it demands user interaction such as clicking a malicious link. Upon successful exploitation, adversaries can inject and execute arbitrary scripts in the context of the victim's browser, achieving low impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability due to the changed scope.

The Patchstack advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/random-quotes/vulnerability/wordpress-random-quotes-plugin-1-3-reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve documents this Reflected XSS vulnerability specifically in Random Quotes plugin version 1.3 and provides details relevant to mitigation for affected WordPress installations.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in srcoley Random Quotes random-quotes allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects Random Quotes: from n/a through <= 1.3.

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?

Reflected XSS in public-facing WordPress plugin directly enables exploitation of public-facing applications to inject and execute arbitrary scripts in victim browsers via malicious links.

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 mandates identification, reporting, and correction of the reflected XSS flaw in Random Quotes plugin versions <=1.3 to eliminate the vulnerability.

SI-15 Information Output Filtering good match
prevent

Requires filtering of information output prior to rendering, neutralizing malicious scripts reflected from user input in web pages.

SI-10 Information Input Validation good match
prevent

Enforces validation of user inputs to block injection of arbitrary scripts that enable reflected XSS exploitation.

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