CVE-2025-23729
Published: 23 January 2025
Description
Adversaries may abuse various implementations of JavaScript for execution.
Security Summary
CVE-2025-23729 is an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability, classified as Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) under CWE-79, in the fures XTRA Settings (xtra-settings) WordPress plugin. This issue affects all versions of the plugin from n/a through 2.1.8 inclusive. The vulnerability was published on 2025-01-23 and 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).
Attackers can exploit this vulnerability remotely over the network with low attack complexity, requiring no privileges or authentication but relying on user interaction, such as clicking a malicious link. Exploitation changes the security scope and enables limited impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, typically allowing arbitrary JavaScript execution in the victim's browser context within the affected WordPress site.
The Patchstack advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/xtra-settings/vulnerability/wordpress-xtra-settings-plugin-2-1-8-reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve documents the Reflected XSS vulnerability in XTRA Settings plugin version 2.1.8 and provides guidance on mitigation for affected WordPress installations.
Details
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MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques
Why these techniques?
Reflected XSS in public-facing WordPress plugin directly enables exploitation of the web application (T1190) and arbitrary JavaScript execution in the victim's browser (T1059.007).