Cyber Resilience

CVE-2026-25025

High

Published: 25 March 2026

Published
25 March 2026
Modified
24 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-2026-25025 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-2026-25025 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 VikRestaurants WordPress plugin developed by e4jvikwp (vikrestaurants), with all versions from n/a through 1.5.2 vulnerable.

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). Remote attackers require no privileges and can exploit it over the network with low complexity, though user interaction is needed, such as clicking a malicious link. Exploitation changes the scope and results in low impacts to confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

Patchstack's advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/vikrestaurants/vulnerability/wordpress-vikrestaurants-plugin-1-5-2-reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve provides details on the Reflected XSS issue in VikRestaurants version 1.5.2. Practitioners should review this reference for recommended mitigations.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in e4jvikwp VikRestaurants vikrestaurants allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects VikRestaurants: from n/a through <= 1.5.2.

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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T1059.007 JavaScript Execution
Adversaries may abuse various implementations of JavaScript for execution.
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T1539 Steal Web Session Cookie Credential Access
An adversary may steal web application or service session cookies and use them to gain access to web applications or Internet services as an authenticated user without needing credentials.
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Why these techniques?

Reflected XSS in public-facing WordPress plugin directly enables T1190 (exploiting the web app vuln over network), T1059.007 (arbitrary JS execution in browser context), and T1539 (stealing session cookies via injected script).

Confidence: HIGH · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v18.1

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Affected Assets

Mitigating Controls

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

SI-15 Information Output Filtering good match
prevent

Information output filtering directly prevents reflected XSS by encoding or sanitizing user input reflected in web page generation.

SI-10 Information Input Validation good match
prevent

Information input validation rejects or sanitizes malicious payloads in user inputs, such as URL parameters, before processing in the VikRestaurants plugin.

SI-2 Flaw Remediation good match
prevent

Flaw remediation requires patching the specific improper neutralization vulnerability in VikRestaurants versions through 1.5.2.

References