Cyber Posture

CVE-2025-23556

High

Published: 03 March 2025

Published
03 March 2025
Modified
23 April 2026
KEV Added
Patch
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 0.0023 45.9th percentile
Risk Priority 14 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Description

Adversaries may abuse various implementations of JavaScript for execution.

Security Summary

CVE-2025-23556 is an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability, classified as Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) under CWE-79, in the Push Envoy Notifications WordPress plugin by netbitsolutions. The flaw affects all versions from n/a through 1.0.0 and was published on 2025-03-03T14:15:41.180 with 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).

Attackers can exploit this vulnerability remotely over the network with low complexity and no required privileges, though it demands user interaction such as visiting a maliciously crafted link or page. Upon successful exploitation, the changed scope (S:C) allows injected scripts to execute in the victim's browser context, enabling low-level impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, such as session token theft, phishing, or minor defacement within the affected user's session.

The Patchstack advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/push-envoy/vulnerability/wordpress-push-envoy-notifications-plugin-1-0-0-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve provides details on this WordPress plugin vulnerability, including recommended mitigations such as updating to a patched version if available or applying input sanitization workarounds.

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.
T1059.007 JavaScript Execution
Adversaries may abuse various implementations of JavaScript for execution.
Why these techniques?

Reflected XSS in public-facing WordPress plugin directly enables remote exploitation of the web application (T1190) and facilitates arbitrary JavaScript execution in the victim's browser (T1059.007).

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

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