CVE-2025-23723
Published: 23 January 2025
Description
Adversaries may abuse various implementations of JavaScript for execution.
Security Summary
CVE-2025-23723 is an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability, classified as Reflected Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79), in the Plestar Directory Listing WordPress plugin. The flaw affects all versions of the plugin from n/a through 1.0 inclusive, enabling attackers to inject malicious scripts into dynamically generated web pages.
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 exploitation is possible over the network with low attack complexity, no required privileges, and user interaction such as clicking a malicious link. Attackers can leverage reflected XSS to execute scripts in the context of a victim's browser, potentially leading to limited impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability with a changed scope.
Mitigation details are available in the Patchstack advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/plestar-directory-listing/vulnerability/wordpress-plestar-directory-listing-plugin-1-0-reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve.
Details
- CWE(s)
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques
Why these techniques?
Reflected XSS enables script execution in victim's browser via crafted malicious links requiring user interaction; directly facilitates T1204.001 and JavaScript execution per T1059.007.