Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-53237

High

Published: 20 February 2026

Published
20 February 2026
Modified
15 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 0.0004 14.4th percentile
Risk Priority 14 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2025-53237 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 14.4th 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-2025-53237 is an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability, classified as Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) under CWE-79, in the Soflyy WP Wizard Cloak WordPress plugin (wp-wizard-cloak). This issue affects the plugin from unknown initial versions through 1.0.1. The vulnerability was published on 2026-02-20 with a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.1 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L).

Remote attackers can exploit this vulnerability over the network with low attack complexity and no required privileges, though user interaction such as visiting a malicious link is necessary. Exploitation results in a changed scope, enabling low-level impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, potentially allowing attackers to inject scripts into web pages viewed by users.

The Patchstack advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/wp-wizard-cloak/vulnerability/wordpress-wp-wizard-cloak-plugin-1-0-1-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve details the vulnerability in the WP Wizard Cloak plugin version 1.0.1.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Soflyy WP Wizard Cloak wp-wizard-cloak allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects WP Wizard Cloak: from n/a through <= 1.0.1.

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 of the web application (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 neutralization of untrusted input before web page generation, blocking the reflected XSS payload in wp-wizard-cloak.

SI-15 Information Output Filtering good match
prevent

Requires filtering of information outputs to remove or encode script content, preventing malicious scripts from being reflected to users.

SC-18 Mobile Code partial match
prevent

Restricts execution of mobile code (scripts) received from external sources, limiting the impact of injected XSS payloads in web responses.

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