CVE-2025-68838

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 0.0002 5.4th percentile

Risk Priority 14 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2025-68838 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 5.4th 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-2025-68838 is an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability, classified as Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) under CWE-79, affecting the MemberPress Discord Addon plugin (expresstechsoftwares-memberpress-discord-add-on) for WordPress from expresstechsoftware. This issue impacts all versions of the plugin up to and including 1.1.4, as 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 network accessibility with low attack complexity, no required privileges, and user interaction needed. Unauthenticated attackers can exploit it by tricking victims into accessing a maliciously crafted URL or input reflected in the web page, leading to arbitrary script execution in the user's browser context with changed scope, resulting in low impacts to confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

Mitigation details are available in the Patchstack advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/expresstechsoftwares-memberpress-discord-add-on/vulnerability/wordpress-memberpress-discord-addon-plugin-1-1-4-reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve.

EU & UK References

🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2026-4008

Vulnerability details

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in expresstechsoftware MemberPress Discord Addon expresstechsoftwares-memberpress-discord-add-on allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects MemberPress Discord Addon: from n/a through <= 1.1.4.

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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T1189 Drive-by Compromise Initial Access

Adversaries may gain access to a system through a user visiting a website over the normal course of browsing.

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Why these techniques?

Reflected XSS in public-facing WordPress plugin directly enables exploitation of the web application (T1190) via crafted malicious URLs that execute scripts in victim browsers (T1189).

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