CVE-2025-68842
Published: 20 February 2026
Summary
CVE-2025-68842 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 13.9th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Threat & Defense at a Glance
Threat & Defense Details
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 in public-facing WordPress plugin directly enables script execution via malicious links (T1190 + T1566.002), JavaScript interpreter abuse (T1059.007), and browser session/cookie theft (T1185 + T1539).
NVD Description
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in totalbounty Widget Logic Visual widget-logic-visual allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects Widget Logic Visual: from n/a through <= 1.52.
Deeper analysisAI
CVE-2025-68842 is an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability, enabling Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) as classified under CWE-79. It affects the Widget Logic Visual WordPress plugin (widget-logic-visual) developed by totalbounty, impacting all versions from n/a through 1.52 inclusive. The vulnerability arises from inadequate input sanitization during web page generation within the plugin.
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, low attack complexity, no required privileges, user interaction dependency, and changed scope with low impacts to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Remote attackers can exploit it by tricking authenticated users, such as site administrators, into interacting with maliciously crafted links or inputs reflected through the plugin, executing arbitrary scripts in the victim's browser context.
Mitigation details are documented in the Patchstack advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/widget-logic-visual/vulnerability/wordpress-widget-logic-visual-plugin-1-52-reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve, which covers the Reflected XSS issue in Widget Logic Visual plugin version 1.52.
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