Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-69053

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-2025-69053 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 JavaScript (T1059.007); 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-2025-69053 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 n/a through 3.8.4 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).

Remote attackers can exploit this vulnerability over the network with low attack complexity and no privileges required, though it necessitates user interaction such as clicking a malicious link. Exploitation enables script execution in the context of the victim's browser, potentially leading to low impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, with a changed scope due to the cross-origin context.

The Patchstack advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/universal-video-player/vulnerability/wordpress-universal-video-player-plugin-3-8-4-reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability-2?_s_id=cve provides details on the vulnerability in the WordPress Universal Video Player plugin version 3.8.4, including mitigation guidance.

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

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 directly enables arbitrary JavaScript execution in the victim's browser (T1059.007) and facilitates drive-by compromise via crafted malicious links (T1189).

Confidence: MEDIUM · 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

Requires validation and neutralization of all untrusted input before it is used in web page generation, directly blocking the reflected XSS payload in the video player plugin.

SI-15 Information Output Filtering good match
prevent

Mandates filtering or encoding of information output to browsers, preventing execution of attacker-supplied scripts that reach the victim's context via malicious links.

AC-4 Information Flow Enforcement partial match
prevent

Enforces information flow rules that can sanitize or block untrusted data crossing trust boundaries before it is rendered in plugin-generated pages.

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