CVE-2025-67990
Published: 20 February 2026
Summary
CVE-2025-67990 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-2025-67990 is an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability, classified as Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) under CWE-79, in the RealMag777 GMap Targeting WordPress plugin (gmap-targeting). This issue affects all versions of the plugin from n/a through 1.1.7 inclusive. The vulnerability was published on 2026-02-20T16:22:05.100 and 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).
Attackers can exploit this vulnerability remotely over the network with low attack complexity and no required privileges, but it necessitates user interaction, such as clicking a malicious link. Upon successful exploitation, adversaries can execute arbitrary scripts in the context of the victim's browser due to the changed scope (S:C), potentially compromising low levels of confidentiality, integrity, and availability—such as stealing session tokens or performing other client-side actions.
Mitigation details are documented in the Patchstack advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/gmap-targeting/vulnerability/wordpress-gmap-targeting-plugin-1-1-7-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve, which covers the XSS vulnerability in the GMap Targeting WordPress plugin up to version 1.1.7.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-207580
Vulnerability details
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in RealMag777 GMap Targeting gmap-targeting allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects GMap Targeting: from n/a through <= 1.1.7.
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Related Threats
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
Reflected XSS in public-facing WordPress plugin directly enables remote exploitation of web app (T1190) via malicious link delivery (T1204.001) resulting in arbitrary JavaScript execution in victim browser (T1059.007).
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Mitigating Controls
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Directly requires validation and sanitization of all input used in web page generation, blocking the reflected XSS payload before it reaches the browser.
Mandates filtering of information output by the plugin, which can neutralize script content that would otherwise be reflected to the victim.
Allows deployment of malicious-code detection mechanisms that can identify and block execution of injected scripts delivered via the vulnerable plugin.