Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-69384

High

Published: 20 February 2026

Published
20 February 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 0.0004 14.4th percentile
Risk Priority 14 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2025-69384 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 14.4th 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-2025-69384 is an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability, classified as Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) under CWE-79, in the wpdiscover Timeline Event History plugin (timeline-event-history) for WordPress. This issue affects all versions of the plugin from n/a through 3.2 inclusive. The vulnerability was published on 2026-02-20T16:22:23.523 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).

The vulnerability can be exploited by unauthenticated attackers over the network with low attack complexity, requiring user interaction such as visiting a maliciously crafted webpage or clicking a link. Exploitation enables execution of arbitrary JavaScript in the context of the victim's browser, potentially leading to low-level impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, with a changed scope due to the cross-origin effects typical of reflected XSS.

The Patchstack advisory (https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/timeline-event-history/vulnerability/wordpress-timeline-event-history-plugin-3-2-reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve) documents the reflected XSS vulnerability in Timeline Event History plugin version 3.2.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in wpdiscover Timeline Event History timeline-event-history allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects Timeline Event History: from n/a through <= 3.2.

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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Why these techniques?

Reflected XSS in public-facing WordPress plugin directly enables exploitation of a web application vulnerability (T1190) via crafted links requiring user interaction.

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 (e.g., URL parameters) before web-page generation, preventing the reflected XSS described in CVE-2025-69384.

SI-15 Information Output Filtering good match
prevent

Requires filtering of information output by the application, blocking arbitrary script injection into reflected responses that the CVE exploits.

SI-3 Malicious Code Protection partial match
preventdetect

Provides malicious-code detection and blocking mechanisms that can identify or stop reflected XSS payloads delivered via the vulnerable plugin.

References