Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-68866

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-2025-68866 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-2025-68866 is an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability, classified as Stored Cross-site Scripting (XSS) under CWE-79, in the Dinatur WordPress plugin developed by woofer696. The issue affects Dinatur versions from n/a through 1.18 and was 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, low attack complexity, no privileges required for the attacker, and user interaction needed for exploitation. Attackers can submit malicious input that is stored and reflected in web pages viewed by other users, potentially leading to execution of scripts in victims' browsers with low impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability across a changed scope.

Mitigation details are available in the Patchstack advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/dinatur/vulnerability/wordpress-dinatur-plugin-1-18-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve, which covers the Stored XSS vulnerability in the Dinatur plugin up to version 1.18.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in woofer696 Dinatur dinatur allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Dinatur: from n/a through <= 1.18.

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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Why these techniques?

Stored XSS in public-facing WordPress plugin directly enables exploitation via T1190 and arbitrary JavaScript execution in victim browsers via T1059.007.

Confidence: HIGH · 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 untrusted input before storage or rendering, blocking the malicious payloads that cause this Stored XSS.

SI-15 Information Output Filtering good match
prevent

Requires filtering or encoding of information on output so that stored script content cannot execute in victims' browsers.

SI-3 Malicious Code Protection partial match
preventdetect

Can detect or block malicious script code injected via the plugin before it is stored or executed.

References