Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-69003

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 0.0006 20.3th percentile
Risk Priority 14 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2025-69003 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 20.3th 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-2025-6903 is an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability, classified as Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) under CWE-79, in the QantumThemes KenthaRadio (qt-kentharadio) WordPress theme. This issue affects KenthaRadio versions from n/a through 2.2.0 inclusive. The vulnerability was published on 2026-01-22 with 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).

Attackers can exploit this vulnerability remotely over the network with low attack complexity and no required privileges, but it requires user interaction, such as clicking a malicious link. Exploitation changes the scope and enables limited impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, typically allowing execution of arbitrary scripts in the context of a victim's browser session on affected sites.

The Patchstack advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Theme/qt-kentharadio/vulnerability/wordpress-kentharadio-theme-2-2-0-reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve documents the Reflected XSS vulnerability in the KenthaRadio WordPress theme version 2.2.0 and provides details relevant to mitigation.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in QantumThemes KenthaRadio qt-kentharadio allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects KenthaRadio: from n/a through <= 2.2.0.

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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T1189 Drive-by Compromise Initial Access
Adversaries may gain access to a system through a user visiting a website over the normal course of browsing.
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Why these techniques?

Reflected XSS in public-facing WordPress theme directly enables T1190 (exploit of web app), T1059.007 (arbitrary JS execution in browser), and T1189 (drive-by via malicious link).

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 web inputs to block the unneutralized reflected payloads that define this CWE-79 XSS flaw.

SI-15 Information Output Filtering good match
prevent

Mandates output filtering/encoding of user-supplied data before it is written into HTTP responses, stopping the reflected script execution in the victim's browser.

SI-3 Malicious Code Protection partial match
preventdetect

Deploys malicious-code detection mechanisms that can recognize and block common XSS script patterns delivered via the vulnerable theme endpoints.

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