Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-3809

High

Published: 19 April 2025

Published
19 April 2025
Modified
15 April 2026
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 7.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0043 63.1th percentile
Risk Priority 15 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2025-3809 is a high-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Wordpress (inferred from references). Its CVSS base score is 7.2 (High).

Operationally, ranked in the top 36.9% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Deeper analysis

The Debug Log Manager plugin for WordPress is affected by a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability in the auto-refresh debug log feature across all versions through 2.3.4. The issue stems from inadequate input sanitization and output escaping, classified under CWE-79 with a CVSS score of 7.2.

Unauthenticated attackers can exploit this flaw to inject arbitrary web scripts into pages, which then execute in the context of users who access the compromised content, potentially leading to session hijacking or other client-side attacks.

A duplicate identifier CVE-2025-32613 has been noted for this issue. The EPSS score reached a peak of 0.0113, indicating increased exploitation interest following disclosure compared to the current value of 0.0043. Patches addressing the vulnerability are referenced in the WordPress plugin repository changesets.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

The Debug Log Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the auto-refresh debug log in all versions up to, and including, 2.3.4 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated…

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attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. CVE-2025-32613 is a duplicate of this CVE.

CWE(s)
CWE-79

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

Wordpress
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inferred from references and description; NVD did not file a CPE for this CVE

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.

CA-8 Penetration Testing
addresses: CWE-79

Penetration testing submits XSS payloads to web applications, detecting cross-site scripting flaws for subsequent remediation.

SI-10 Information Input Validation
addresses: CWE-79

Validates web inputs to reject script-related content that could produce XSS.

SI-15 Information Output Filtering
addresses: CWE-79

Output validation against expected content can reject or sanitize script content in generated web pages, reducing XSS exploitability.

References