Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-69084

High

Published: 06 January 2026

Published
06 January 2026
Modified
23 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 0.0003 7.3th percentile
Risk Priority 14 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2025-69084 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 7.3th 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-2025-69084 is an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability, classified as Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) under CWE-79, in the gt3themes Photo Gallery (gt3-photo-video-gallery) WordPress plugin. This issue affects Photo Gallery versions from n/a through 2.7.7.26. The vulnerability was published on 2026-01-06T17:15:45.267 and 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).

Attackers can exploit this vulnerability remotely over the network with low attack complexity, requiring no privileges but user interaction, such as clicking a malicious link. Exploitation changes the security scope, enabling arbitrary JavaScript execution in the victim's browser context, which could result in low-level impacts to confidentiality, integrity, and availability, such as session hijacking or data theft from the affected site.

The Patchstack advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/gt3-photo-video-gallery/vulnerability/wordpress-photo-gallery-plugin-2-7-7-26-reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve details the Reflected XSS vulnerability in WordPress Photo Gallery plugin version 2.7.7.26.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in gt3themes Photo Gallery gt3-photo-video-gallery allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects Photo Gallery: from n/a through <= 2.7.7.26.

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 directly enables remote exploitation of web application (T1190) and arbitrary client-side JavaScript execution (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 it is used in web page generation, preventing the reflected XSS payload in gt3-photo-video-gallery.

SI-15 Information Output Filtering good match
prevent

Requires filtering or encoding of information sent to users, blocking arbitrary script execution from reflected input in the vulnerable plugin.

SI-3 Malicious Code Protection partial match
preventdetect

Provides malicious-code detection and blocking mechanisms that can identify and stop reflected XSS attempts targeting the Photo Gallery plugin.

References