CVE-2025-32548
Published: 17 April 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-32548 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-2025-32548 is a reflected cross-site scripting flaw (CWE-79) caused by improper neutralization of input during web page generation. It affects the Hamburger Icon Menu Lite WordPress plugin by borisolhor in all versions through 1.0 and carries a CVSS 3.1 score of 7.1.
An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit the issue by supplying a crafted request that is reflected back to a victim user who follows a malicious link. Successful exploitation allows the attacker to execute arbitrary script in the context of the affected site, resulting in limited impacts to confidentiality, integrity, and availability with changed scope.
The primary advisory reference is published by Patchstack and describes the reflected XSS exposure in the plugin. The associated EPSS score remains low with only a modest recorded peak.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-11676
Vulnerability details
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in borisolhor Hamburger Icon Menu Lite allows Reflected XSS. This issue affects Hamburger Icon Menu Lite: 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.