CVE-2025-49249
Published: 22 January 2026
Summary
CVE-2025-49249 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 Browser Session Hijacking (T1185); ranked at the 13.9th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Threat & Defense at a Glance
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Likely Mitigating ControlsAI
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.
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
Reflected XSS directly enables arbitrary client-side script execution, facilitating browser session hijacking (T1185), web session cookie theft (T1539), and external defacement (T1491.002) as explicitly described in the CVE.
NVD Description
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in ApusTheme Drone drone allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects Drone: from n/a through <= 1.40.
Deeper analysisAI
CVE-2025-49249 is an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability, classified as Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) under CWE-79, affecting the ApusTheme Drone WordPress theme. This issue impacts Drone versions from an unspecified starting point through 1.40 inclusive. The vulnerability has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.1, reflecting its potential severity in web environments.
Attackers can exploit this vulnerability remotely over the network (AV:N) with low attack complexity (AC:L), requiring no privileges (PR:N) but user interaction such as clicking a malicious link (UI:R). Exploitation changes scope (S:C), allowing limited impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:L/I:L/A:L), typically enabling script execution in the victim's browser to steal session data, perform actions on behalf of the user, or deface content.
The Patchstack advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Theme/drone/vulnerability/wordpress-drone-theme-1-40-reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve details this Reflected XSS vulnerability in the Drone theme version 1.40 and provides guidance on mitigation for affected WordPress installations.
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