Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-68010

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-2025-68010 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-2025-68010 is an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability, classified as Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) under CWE-79, affecting the Netgsm WordPress plugin. The issue impacts versions from n/a through 2.9.63, as documented in the vulnerability description 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 it is exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, no required privileges, but necessitating user interaction such as clicking a malicious link. Remote attackers can leverage reflected XSS to inject malicious scripts into web pages viewed by users, potentially achieving low impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability due to the changed scope.

The Patchstack advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/netgsm/vulnerability/wordpress-netgsm-plugin-2-9-62-reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve details the reflected XSS vulnerability specifically in Netgsm plugin version 2.9.62.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in netgsm Netgsm netgsm allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects Netgsm: from n/a through <= 2.9.63.

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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T1059.007 JavaScript Execution
Adversaries may abuse various implementations of JavaScript for execution.
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Why these techniques?

Reflected XSS in public-facing WordPress plugin directly enables exploitation of the web app (T1190) and client-side JavaScript execution (T1059.007).

Confidence: HIGH · 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

Requires validation and neutralization of untrusted input before it is used in web page generation, directly blocking the reflected XSS payload injection described in CVE-2025-68010.

SI-15 Information Output Filtering good match
prevent

Mandates filtering or encoding of information output to users, preventing malicious scripts from being reflected and executed in victims' browsers.

SI-3 Malicious Code Protection partial match
preventdetect

Provides mechanisms to detect and block malicious code (scripts) delivered via web requests or responses, mitigating exploitation of the unneutralized input.

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