CVE-2025-23473

CVE-2025-23473 is an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability, classified as Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) under CWE-79, in the Killer Theme Options WordPress plugin by Punit Bhalodiya. This issue affects all versions of the killer-theme-options plugin from n/a through 2.0 inclusive. The vulnerability was published on 2025-03-03 and carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.1.

Attackers can exploit this vulnerability remotely over the network (AV:N) with low attack complexity (AC:L), requiring no privileges (PR:N) but user interaction (UI:R), and it results in a changed scope (S:C) with low impacts to confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:L/I:L/A:L). Any unauthenticated remote attacker who can trick a user—such as an authenticated site visitor or administrator—into interacting with a maliciously crafted link or input can trigger reflected XSS, executing arbitrary JavaScript in the victim's browser context on the affected WordPress site.

The Patchstack advisory provides details on this vulnerability, including assessment and potential mitigation steps for the Killer Theme Options plugin, accessible at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/killer-theme-options/vulnerability/wordpress-killer-theme-options-plugin-2-0-reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve.