CVE-2025-23576
Published: 03 March 2025
Description
Adversaries may take advantage of security vulnerabilities and inherent functionality in browser software to change content, modify user-behaviors, and intercept information as part of various browser session hijacking techniques.
Security Summary
CVE-2025-23576 is an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability, classified as Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) under CWE-79, in the WP Intro.JS (wp-intro-js-tours) WordPress plugin developed by cfuze. This issue affects all versions of the plugin from n/a through 1.1 inclusive, as published on 2025-03-03 with a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.1 (High).
Attackers can exploit this vulnerability remotely over the network (AV:N) with low attack complexity (AC:L), no privileges required (PR:N), but it requires user interaction (UI:R), such as clicking a malicious link. Exploitation changes the security scope (S:C) and enables low-impact consequences on confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:I:A:L), allowing arbitrary script execution in the victim's browser context, potentially leading to session hijacking or data theft.
The Patchstack advisory provides further details on this WordPress plugin vulnerability, including assessment and recommended actions, accessible at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/wp-intro-js-tours/vulnerability/wordpress-wp-intro-js-plugin-plugin-1-1-reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve.
Details
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MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques
Why these techniques?
Reflected XSS in public-facing WordPress plugin directly enables remote exploitation of web application (T1190) and facilitates arbitrary browser script execution for session hijacking (T1185).