CVE-2025-32582
Published: 17 April 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-32582 is a high-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability. Its CVSS base score is 7.1 (High).
Operationally, ranked in the top 21.5% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
CVE-2025-32582 is a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability arising from improper neutralization of input during web page generation. It affects the WP AutoKeyword plugin for WordPress in all versions through 1.0 and is tracked under CWE-79 with a CVSS 3.1 score of 7.1.
An unauthenticated remote attacker can supply crafted input that is persisted by the plugin and later rendered for other users, resulting in script execution that produces limited effects on confidentiality, integrity, and availability with changed scope. The attack requires user interaction on the victim side.
The sole advisory reference points to a Patchstack entry that catalogs the flaw but supplies no further mitigation details in the available record. The associated EPSS score has remained flat at 0.0111 with no material rise after disclosure.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-11690
Vulnerability details
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in EXEIdeas International WP AutoKeyword wp-autokeyword allows Stored XSS.This issue affects WP AutoKeyword: 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.