CVE-2025-31625
Published: 31 March 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-31625 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 Drive-by Compromise (T1189); ranked in the top 46.8% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; 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).
Threat & Defense at a Glance
Threat & Defense Details
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5)AI
Filters web page outputs to neutralize or block malicious scripts from executing in users' browsers, directly preventing stored XSS exploitation.
Validates inputs to the Useinfluence plugin to block injection of malicious scripts into persistent storage.
Mandates timely identification, reporting, and patching of flaws like this stored XSS in the vulnerable WordPress plugin versions.
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
Stored XSS in public-facing WordPress plugin allows injection of persistent malicious JavaScript that executes in visitors' browsers, directly enabling drive-by compromise (T1189) and JavaScript interpreter abuse (T1059.007).
NVD Description
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in ramanparashar Useinfluence useinfluence allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Useinfluence: from n/a through <= 1.0.8.
Deeper analysisAI
CVE-2025-31625 is an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability, enabling Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) as defined under CWE-79. It affects the Useinfluence WordPress plugin by ramanparashar, with all versions from n/a through 1.0.8 vulnerable. The issue was published on 2025-03-31.
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), indicating network accessibility, low attack complexity, no required privileges, and user interaction needed, with changed scope and low impacts to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Remote attackers without authentication can exploit it by injecting malicious scripts that persist and execute in users' browsers when viewing affected pages.
Mitigation details are available in the Patchstack advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/useinfluence/vulnerability/wordpress-useinfluence-plugin-1-0-8-cross-site-request-forgery-csrf-vulnerability?_s_id=cve.
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