Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-69321

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 0.0002 5.4th percentile
Risk Priority 14 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2025-69321 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 5.4th 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-2025-69321 is an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability, classified as Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) under CWE-79, affecting the Grand Spa WordPress theme developed by ThemeGoods. The issue impacts all versions of the Grand Spa theme from unknown initial versions through 3.5.5. It was published on 2026-01-22T17:16:27.977 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 complexity and no required privileges, though it demands user interaction, such as visiting a maliciously crafted link. Upon successful exploitation, the reflected XSS enables injection of arbitrary scripts into dynamically generated web pages viewed in users' browsers, potentially compromising low-level confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts with a changed scope.

Mitigation guidance is available in the Patchstack advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Theme/grandspa/vulnerability/wordpress-grand-spa-theme-3-5-5-reflected-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 ThemeGoods Grand Spa grandspa allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects Grand Spa: from n/a through <= 3.5.5.

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 theme directly enables remote exploitation of web app (T1190) and arbitrary JavaScript execution in victim browser via malicious link (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 neutralization of untrusted input before it is used in web page generation, blocking the reflected XSS payload at its source.

SI-15 Information Output Filtering good match
prevent

Requires filtering or encoding of information sent to users, preventing injected scripts from being reflected and executed in the browser.

SI-3 Malicious Code Protection partial match
preventdetect

Provides mechanisms to detect and block malicious code (scripts) delivered via web requests or responses, mitigating exploitation of the unneutralized input.

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