CVE-2025-23466
Published: 26 March 2025
Description
An adversary may rely upon a user clicking a malicious link in order to gain execution.
Security Summary
CVE-2025-23466 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 Site Editor Google Map WordPress plugin (site-editor-google-map) developed by wpsiteeditor, impacting all versions from n/a through 1.0.1.
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, but necessitating user interaction. Remote attackers can exploit it by tricking authenticated or unauthenticated users into interacting with malicious input, such as via a crafted link or payload reflected in web page generation. Exploitation achieves low impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability within a changed scope, typically allowing execution of arbitrary scripts in the victim's browser context.
The Patchstack advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/site-editor-google-map/vulnerability/wordpress-site-editor-google-map-plugin-1-0-1-reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve documents the issue and provides guidance on mitigation for the Site Editor Google Map plugin.
Details
- CWE(s)
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques
Why these techniques?
Reflected XSS in public-facing WordPress plugin enables exploitation of web app via crafted malicious links requiring user interaction.