CVE-2025-32506
Published: 17 April 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-32506 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
CVE-2025-32506 is a reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability arising from improper neutralization of input during web page generation. It affects the BenDlz AT Internet SmartTag WordPress plugin in all versions through 0.2 and is tracked under CWE-79 with a CVSS 3.1 score of 7.1.
An unauthenticated remote attacker can supply a crafted request that is reflected back to a victim user, allowing execution of arbitrary script in the victim's browser context. Successful exploitation can lead to limited impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability within the affected site.
The issue was disclosed through Patchstack, which identifies the affected plugin range and provides the associated advisory for remediation details. The EPSS score remains low, with a modest increase from 0.0067 to a peak of 0.0111.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-11651
Vulnerability details
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in BenDlz AT Internet SmartTag at-internet allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects AT Internet SmartTag: from n/a through <= 0.2.
- 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.