CVE-2025-69389
Published: 20 February 2026
Summary
CVE-2025-69389 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 13.9th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Threat & Defense at a Glance
Threat & Defense Details
Likely Mitigating ControlsAI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Penetration testing submits XSS payloads to web applications, detecting cross-site scripting flaws for subsequent remediation.
Validates web inputs to reject script-related content that could produce XSS.
Output validation against expected content can reject or sanitize script content in generated web pages, reducing XSS exploitability.
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
Reflected XSS in public-facing WordPress plugin directly enables server-side input exploitation (T1190) delivered via crafted malicious links (T1566.002) that trigger user execution (T1204.001) to run scripts in browser context.
NVD Description
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Hugh Mungus Visitor Maps Extended Referer Field visitor-maps-extended-referer-field allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects Visitor Maps Extended Referer Field: from n/a through <= 1.2.6.
Deeper analysisAI
CVE-2025-69389 is an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability, enabling Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) as classified under CWE-79. It affects the Visitor Maps Extended Referer Field WordPress plugin by Hugh Mungus, with the issue present in all versions from n/a through 1.2.6.
The vulnerability 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). An unauthenticated attacker accessible over the network can exploit it with low attack complexity by tricking a user into performing an action, such as following a malicious link that injects a payload via the Referer field. Exploitation executes scripts in the victim's browser context, achieving low impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability with a changed scope.
The Patchstack advisory documents this Reflected XSS vulnerability in the WordPress plugin up to version 1.2.6 and provides related mitigation guidance.
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