Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-69318

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-2025-69318 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 Drive-by Compromise (T1189); 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-2025-69318 is an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability, classified as Stored Cross-site Scripting (XSS) under CWE-79, in the JobWP WordPress plugin by Hossni Mubarak. The issue affects JobWP versions from n/a through 2.4.5 and was published on 2026-01-22.

The vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.1 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L), indicating exploitation over the network with low attack complexity, no required privileges, and user interaction. Any unauthenticated attacker can submit malicious input that is stored and later rendered on web pages, executing scripts in the context of visiting users' browsers due to the changed scope.

Patchstack provides details on this vulnerability, including mitigation guidance, in their advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/jobwp/vulnerability/wordpress-jobwp-plugin-2-4-5-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Hossni Mubarak JobWP jobwp allows Stored XSS.This issue affects JobWP: from n/a through <= 2.4.5.

CWE(s)
CWE-79

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

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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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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Why these techniques?

Stored XSS in public-facing WordPress plugin directly enables script injection executed on victim browsers (drive-by) and exploitation of the web app itself.

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

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 to web pages, neutralizing stored script content before it executes in user browsers.

SI-3 Malicious Code Protection partial match
preventdetect

Provides malicious-code detection and blocking mechanisms that can identify and stop common XSS payload patterns submitted to the plugin.

References