Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-68842

High

Published: 20 February 2026

Published
20 February 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 0.0004 14.4th percentile
Risk Priority 14 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

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 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-2025-68842 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.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

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.

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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T1566.002 Spearphishing Link Initial Access
Adversaries may send spearphishing emails with a malicious link in an attempt to gain access to victim systems.
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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 WordPress plugin directly enables script execution via malicious links (T1190 + T1566.002), JavaScript interpreter abuse (T1059.007), and browser session/cookie theft (T1185 + T1539).

Confidence: MEDIUM · 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

Directly requires validation and sanitization of all inputs before web page generation, blocking the improper neutralization that enables reflected XSS in the plugin.

SI-15 Information Output Filtering good match
prevent

Mandates filtering of information outputs to remove or neutralize script content, preventing reflected XSS payloads from executing in the victim's browser.

SI-3 Malicious Code Protection partial match
preventdetect

Provides mechanisms to detect and block malicious code (scripts) delivered via crafted inputs or links, mitigating exploitation of the unsanitized plugin output.

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