CVE-2025-67971
Published: 20 February 2026
Summary
CVE-2025-67971 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 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-2025-67971 is an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability, classified as Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) under CWE-79, affecting the FluentCart WordPress plugin developed by WPManageNinja. The issue resides in the fluent-cart component and impacts all versions from n/a through those prior to 1.3.0. It carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.1, reflecting network accessibility, low attack complexity, no required privileges, user interaction, changed scope, and low impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Remote attackers can exploit this vulnerability by crafting malicious links or inputs that, when clicked or submitted by a victim user on a vulnerable site, trigger the injection and execution of arbitrary JavaScript in the victim's browser context. No authentication is needed, but user interaction is required, such as visiting a phishing link. Successful exploitation enables attackers to steal session cookies, perform actions on behalf of the user, or deface content, leveraging the changed scope for potential cross-origin effects.
The Patchstack advisory for this vulnerability, accessible via the provided reference, indicates that the issue was addressed in FluentCart version 1.3.0. Security practitioners should recommend immediate updates to version 1.3.0 or later for affected WordPress installations to mitigate the risk, alongside general XSS protections like Content Security Policy where feasible.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-207575
Vulnerability details
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in WPManageNinja FluentCart fluent-cart allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects FluentCart: from n/a through < 1.3.0.
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Related Threats
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
Reflected XSS enables browser session hijacking via cookie theft/JS execution (T1185); malicious links require user execution (T1204.001) and are commonly delivered via spearphishing (T1566.002).
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Mitigating Controls
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Directly requires validation and neutralization of untrusted input before web page generation, preventing the reflected XSS payload injection described in this CVE.
Requires filtering or encoding of information output to browsers, blocking execution of attacker-supplied scripts in reflected XSS scenarios.
Mandates timely remediation of known flaws, directly addressing the need to upgrade FluentCart to version 1.3.0+ to eliminate the vulnerable code path.