Cyber Posture

CVE-2025-22283

High

Published: 26 March 2025

Published
26 March 2025
Modified
23 April 2026
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score 7.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
EPSS Score 0.0012 30.3th percentile
Risk Priority 14 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Description

Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.

Security Summary

CVE-2025-22283 is an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability, classified as Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) under CWE-79, in the Riyaz GetSocial WordPress plugin. This issue affects GetSocial versions from n/a through 2.0.1 and was published on 2025-03-26.

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), indicating network accessibility, low attack complexity, no required privileges, and user interaction needed, with changed scope and low impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Remote attackers can exploit it by crafting malicious input that reflects unsanitized on a web page, potentially executing scripts in victims' browsers when users interact with a malicious link or input on affected sites.

Patchstack has documented the vulnerability in their database, detailing the Reflected XSS issue in the WordPress GetSocial plugin version 2.0.1.

Details

CWE(s)
CWE-79

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

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 a public-facing WordPress plugin directly enables exploitation of public-facing applications via crafted malicious links or input.

Confidence: HIGH · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v19.0

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