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 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-2025-68845 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.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-207592
Vulnerability details
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.
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Related Threats
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.
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Mitigating Controls
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Directly requires validation and neutralization of untrusted input before it is used in web page generation, blocking the reflected XSS payload in eds-responsive-menu.
Requires filtering or encoding of information sent to users, preventing arbitrary script execution in reflected XSS responses from the vulnerable plugin.
Mandates timely remediation of known flaws such as the reflected XSS in eDS Responsive Menu <= 1.2 via patching or removal of the affected component.