CVE-2025-67978
Published: 20 February 2026
Summary
CVE-2025-67978 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 13.9th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Threat & Defense at a Glance
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Likely Mitigating ControlsAI
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.
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
Reflected XSS enables browser script injection for session hijacking (T1185) and is typically delivered via malicious links (T1566.002).
NVD Description
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in FixBD Educare educare allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects Educare: from n/a through <= 1.6.1.
Deeper analysisAI
CVE-2025-67978 is an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability, classified as Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) under CWE-79, in the FixBD Educare WordPress plugin. This issue affects Educare versions from n/a through 1.6.1. Published on 2026-02-20T16:22:04.063, it 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 high severity due to network accessibility and scope change.
Unauthenticated attackers can exploit this vulnerability remotely with low attack complexity, but it requires user interaction, such as clicking a malicious link. Successful exploitation enables script injection in the context of the targeted user's browser, potentially leading to low-level impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, including session hijacking or data exfiltration within the plugin's scope.
The Patchstack advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/educare/vulnerability/wordpress-educare-plugin-1-6-1-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve documents this XSS vulnerability in the WordPress Educare plugin version 1.6.1 and provides details on affected installations.
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