CVE-2025-32490
Published: 17 April 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-32490 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 CVE-2025-32490 is a stored cross-site scripting flaw arising from improper neutralization of input during web page generation. It affects the wp secure plugin (wp-secure-by-sitesecuritymonitorcom) for WordPress in all versions through 1.2.
An unauthenticated remote attacker can supply crafted input that is persisted on the server and later rendered for other users. Successful exploitation requires a victim to interact with the affected page and yields limited effects on confidentiality, integrity, and availability while changing security scope.
The Patchstack advisory at the referenced URL identifies the affected plugin versions and provides the canonical record of the issue.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-11649
Vulnerability details
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in WebsiteDefender wp secure wp-secure-by-sitesecuritymonitorcom allows Stored XSS.This issue affects wp secure: from n/a through <= 1.2.
- 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.