CVE-2025-31468
Published: 03 April 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-31468 is a high-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability. Its CVSS base score is 7.1 (High).
Operationally, ranked in the top 28.2% 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) caused by improper neutralization of input during web page generation in the WP_Identicon WordPress plugin. It affects all versions through 2.0 and carries a CVSS 3.1 score of 7.1.
An unauthenticated remote attacker can supply a crafted URL that is reflected back to a victim; if the victim follows the link, attacker-controlled script executes in the user's browser within the context of the vulnerable site, enabling limited impacts to confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
The sole reference is a Patchstack advisory entry that documents the reflected XSS issue in WP_Identicon 2.0 but provides no further mitigation details in the supplied data. The associated EPSS score remains low, moving only from 0.0067 to a peak of 0.0111.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-14757
Vulnerability details
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in scottsm WP_Identicon wp-identicon allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects WP_Identicon: from n/a through <= 2.0.
- 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.