CVE-2025-55998
Published: 08 September 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-55998 is a high-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Mezereon Smart Search And Filter. Its CVSS base score is 8.1 (High).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 17.5th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-27145
Vulnerability details
A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Smart Search & Filter Shopify and BigCommerce apps allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary JavaScript in the web browser of a user, by including a malicious payload into several filter parameter
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
Reflected XSS in public-facing Shopify/BigCommerce app enables exploitation of public-facing applications (T1190), arbitrary JavaScript execution in victim browsers (T1059.007), and theft of session cookies/user data (T1539).
Affected Assets
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.
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.