CVE-2025-53222

High

Published: 19 March 2026

Published

19 March 2026

Modified

23 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 0.0001 3.1th percentile

Risk Priority 14 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2025-53222 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 3.1th 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-2025-53222 is an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability, classified as Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) under CWE-79, in the tagDiv Opt-In Builder (td-subscription) WordPress plugin. Published on 2026-03-19, it affects all versions from n/a through 1.7.3 inclusive, with a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.1 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L).

Attackers can exploit this vulnerability remotely over the network with low attack complexity, requiring no privileges but user interaction, such as clicking a malicious link that reflects attacker-controlled input. Exploitation changes the scope and enables arbitrary JavaScript execution in the victim's browser context, potentially compromising low levels of confidentiality, integrity, and availability, such as session hijacking or data theft from the site.

The Patchstack advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/td-subscription/vulnerability/wordpress-tagdiv-opt-in-builder-plugin-1-7-3-reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve documents the issue in the td-subscription WordPress plugin up to version 1.7.3 and provides details for practitioners to assess and address the risk.

EU & UK References

🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-208860

Vulnerability details

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in tagDiv tagDiv Opt-In Builder td-subscription allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects tagDiv Opt-In Builder: from n/a through <= 1.7.3.

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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T1059.007 JavaScript Execution

Adversaries may abuse various implementations of JavaScript for execution.

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T1204.001 Malicious Link Execution

An adversary may rely upon a user clicking a malicious link in order to gain execution.

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Why these techniques?

Reflected XSS in public-facing WordPress plugin directly enables remote exploitation of the web app (T1190) via malicious link click (T1204.001) resulting in arbitrary JavaScript execution in browser (T1059.007).

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