Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-49045

High

Published: 22 January 2026

Published
22 January 2026
Modified
27 April 2026
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 7.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
EPSS Score 0.0006 20.3th percentile
Risk Priority 14 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2025-49045 is a high-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability. Its CVSS base score is 7.1 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 20.3th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified are NIST 800-53 SI-10 (Information Input Validation) and SI-15 (Information Output Filtering).

Deeper analysis

CVE-2025-49045 is an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability, classified as Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) under CWE-79, in the highwarden Super Interactive Maps WordPress plugin (super-interactive-maps). This issue affects all versions from n/a through 2.3 inclusive. The vulnerability carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.1, with vector AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L.

Attackers with network access can exploit this vulnerability without authentication or privileges, requiring only low attack complexity and user interaction, such as tricking a victim into visiting a maliciously crafted URL. Exploitation results in reflected XSS, enabling limited impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability within a changed security scope.

Mitigation details are available in the Patchstack advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/super-interactive-maps/vulnerability/wordpress-super-interactive-maps-plugin-2-3-reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in highwarden Super Interactive Maps super-interactive-maps allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects Super Interactive Maps: from n/a through <= 2.3.

CWE(s)
CWE-79

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
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Why these techniques?

Reflected XSS in public-facing WordPress plugin directly enables exploitation via crafted URLs (T1190).

Confidence: HIGH · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v18.1

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Affected Assets

Mitigating Controls

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

SI-10 Information Input Validation good match
prevent

Directly requires validation and sanitization of untrusted input before it is used in web page generation, blocking the reflected XSS payload at its root.

SI-15 Information Output Filtering good match
prevent

Requires filtering of information output to web clients, preventing malicious script content from being reflected back to victims.

SI-3 Malicious Code Protection partial match
preventdetect

Can be configured to detect and block common XSS vectors (e.g., script tags) as a form of malicious code at the application boundary.

References