Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-69048

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-2025-69048 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-2025-69048 is an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability, classified as Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) under CWE-79, in the LambertGroup Universal Video Player (universal-video-player) WordPress plugin. This issue affects versions from an unspecified starting point through 3.8.4. 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, though it necessitates user interaction, such as clicking a malicious link. Exploitation reflects malicious input in the web page generation process, enabling execution of arbitrary scripts in the victim's browser context due to the changed scope (S:C). This can result in low-level impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, such as session hijacking or limited data exfiltration from authenticated users.

The primary advisory reference is from Patchstack, detailing the Reflected XSS vulnerability specifically in WordPress Universal Video Player plugin version 3.8.4. Security practitioners should review this resource for guidance on detection, affected configurations, and any recommended patches or workarounds.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in LambertGroup Universal Video Player universal-video-player allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects Universal Video Player: from n/a through <= 3.8.4.

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?

Reflected XSS in public-facing WordPress plugin enables remote exploitation of web app (T1190) and arbitrary JavaScript execution in victim browser (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 untrusted input before web page generation, blocking the reflected XSS payload in CVE-2025-69048.

SI-15 Information Output Filtering good match
prevent

Requires output filtering/encoding of dynamically generated web content, neutralizing script injection that occurs in the Universal Video Player plugin.

SI-3 Malicious Code Protection partial match
preventdetect

Provides malicious-code detection and blocking mechanisms that can identify and stop reflected script execution attempts in browser contexts.

References