CVE-2025-32560
Published: 17 April 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-32560 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) arising from improper neutralization of input during web page generation in the WP-Hijri WordPress plugin. It affects all versions from n/a through 1.5.3 and carries a CVSS 3.1 score of 7.1.
An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit the issue by supplying a crafted URL that triggers script execution in a victim's browser when the link is visited, achieving limited impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability within the affected site's context.
The Patchstack advisory documents the reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability in WordPress WP-Hijri plugin version 1.5.3.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-11681
Vulnerability details
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Mohammad I. Okfie WP-Hijri wp-hijri allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects WP-Hijri: from n/a through <= 1.5.3.
- 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.