Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-67960

High

Published: 22 January 2026

Published
22 January 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 0.0006 20.3th percentile
Risk Priority 14 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2025-67960 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 Drive-by Compromise (T1189); 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-2025-67960 is an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability, classified as Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) under CWE-79, in the purethemes WorkScout-Core WordPress plugin (workscout-core). This issue affects all versions from n/a through 1.7.06, as published on 2026-01-22.

The vulnerability carries 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), indicating network accessibility, low attack complexity, no required privileges, and user interaction needed for exploitation. Remote attackers without authentication can deliver malicious payloads via reflected inputs, potentially achieving low impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability within a changed scope upon successful execution in a victim's browser.

Mitigation details are available in the Patchstack advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/workscout-core/vulnerability/wordpress-workscout-core-plugin-1-7-06-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability-2?_s_id=cve.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in purethemes WorkScout-Core workscout-core allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects WorkScout-Core: from n/a through <= 1.7.06.

CWE(s)
CWE-79

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1189 Drive-by Compromise Initial Access
Adversaries may gain access to a system through a user visiting a website over the normal course of browsing.
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T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution Execution
Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities in client applications to execute code.
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Why these techniques?

Reflected XSS in public-facing web plugin directly enables drive-by client-side script execution via crafted links (T1189) and exploitation for client execution (T1203).

Confidence: MEDIUM · 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 inputs before they are reflected in web responses, blocking the improper neutralization that enables this reflected XSS.

SI-15 Information Output Filtering good match
prevent

Requires filtering or encoding of information outputs to remove or neutralize script content, preventing malicious payloads from executing in the victim's browser.

SI-3 Malicious Code Protection partial match
preventdetect

Provides mechanisms to detect and block malicious code (including injected scripts) delivered via network inputs to the vulnerable plugin.

References