CVE-2025-68008

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-2025-68008 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 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-2025-68008 is an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability, classified as Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) under CWE-79, in the WP Mail WordPress plugin by mndpsingh287. This issue affects the WP Mail plugin (also referred to as wp-mail) from unknown initial versions through version 1.3 inclusive. The vulnerability was published on 2026-01-22 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).

An unauthenticated attacker with network access can exploit this vulnerability by crafting malicious input that is reflected back in web page generation, requiring low attack complexity and user interaction, such as clicking a malicious link. Exploitation results in XSS execution in a changed security scope, enabling limited impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, such as potential session hijacking or data exfiltration within the victim's browser context.

The Patchstack advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/wp-mail/vulnerability/wordpress-wp-mail-plugin-1-3-reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve documents this Reflected XSS vulnerability specifically in WP Mail plugin version 1.3 and serves as the primary reference for affected installations. Security practitioners should review this advisory for detailed mitigation steps, including plugin updates if available or temporary workarounds.

EU & UK References

🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2026-4039

Vulnerability details

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in mndpsingh287 WP Mail wp-mail allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects WP Mail: from n/a through <= 1.3.

CWE(s): CWE-79

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access

Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.

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T1185 Browser Session Hijacking Collection

Adversaries may take advantage of security vulnerabilities and inherent functionality in browser software to change content, modify user-behaviors, and intercept information as part of various browser session hijacking techniques.

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T1539 Steal Web Session Cookie Credential Access

An adversary may steal web application or service session cookies and use them to gain access to web applications or Internet services as an authenticated user without needing credentials.

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Why these techniques?

Reflected XSS in public-facing WP plugin directly enables T1190 exploitation; facilitates browser session hijacking (T1185) and web session cookie theft (T1539) per described impacts.

Confidence: MEDIUM · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v18.1