CVE-2025-68845
Published: 20 February 2026
Summary
CVE-2025-68845 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
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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 matches T1190 exploitation; malicious URL delivery aligns with T1566.002 spearphishing links, enabling browser script execution and session theft.
NVD Description
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in aThemeArt Translations eDS Responsive Menu eds-responsive-menu allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects eDS Responsive Menu: from n/a through <= 1.2.
Deeper analysisAI
CVE-2025-68845 is an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability, classified as Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) under CWE-79, in the eDS Responsive Menu WordPress plugin by aThemeArt Translations. This issue affects the plugin from unknown initial versions through version 1.2 inclusive. Published on 2026-02-20, it 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 high severity due to network accessibility and changed scope.
The vulnerability enables exploitation by unauthenticated attackers over the network with low attack complexity, though it requires user interaction, such as visiting a maliciously crafted URL. Successful reflected XSS allows execution of arbitrary scripts in the victim's browser context on the affected site, potentially leading to low-level impacts on confidentiality (e.g., session token theft), integrity (e.g., content manipulation), and availability.
Mitigation details are documented in the Patchstack advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/eds-responsive-menu/vulnerability/wordpress-eds-responsive-menu-plugin-1-2-reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve, which covers the Reflected XSS in the eDS Responsive Menu WordPress plugin up to version 1.2. Security practitioners should check this reference for patching guidance and verify plugin updates.
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