CVE-2025-31028
Published: 11 April 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-31028 is a high-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability. Its CVSS base score is 7.1 (High).
Operationally, ranked in the top 21.5% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
The vulnerability is a reflected cross-site scripting flaw (CWE-79) in the WP Hide Categories WordPress plugin developed by Huseyin Berberoglu. It affects all versions through 1.0 and stems from improper neutralization of input during web page generation, allowing malicious scripts to be reflected back to users.
An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit the issue by crafting a malicious URL that, when visited by a target user, executes arbitrary script in the browser. The CVSS 7.1 rating reflects network attack vector, low complexity, no required privileges, required user interaction, and changed scope, resulting in limited impacts to confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
The vulnerability is tracked in the Patchstack database, which catalogs the reflected XSS exposure in the wp-hide-categories plugin and serves as the primary public advisory reference for affected WordPress deployments. The associated EPSS score has remained flat at 0.0111 with no material increase since disclosure.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-10792
Vulnerability details
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Huseyin Berberoglu WP Hide Categories wp-hide-categories allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects WP Hide Categories: from n/a through <= 1.0.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Penetration testing submits XSS payloads to web applications, detecting cross-site scripting flaws for subsequent remediation.
Validates web inputs to reject script-related content that could produce XSS.
Output validation against expected content can reject or sanitize script content in generated web pages, reducing XSS exploitability.