Cyber Posture

CVE-2025-23674

High

Published: 22 January 2025

Published
22 January 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

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in andygauk Bit.ly linker bitly-linker allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects Bit.ly linker: from n/a through <= 1.1.

Security Summary

CVE-2025-23674 is an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability, classified as Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) under CWE-79, in the Bit.ly linker WordPress plugin by andygauk. This issue affects all versions of the bitly-linker plugin up to and including 1.1.

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 it is exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, no required privileges, but needing user interaction such as clicking a malicious link. Any unauthenticated attacker can craft a malicious payload reflected in the plugin's web page generation, achieving arbitrary script execution in the victim's browser context with changed scope and low impacts to confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The Patchstack advisory details this Reflected XSS vulnerability in the WordPress Bit.ly linker plugin version 1.1, providing vulnerability assessment and likely patch information in its database entry.

Details

CWE(s)
CWE-79

References