CVE-2025-23738
Published: 03 March 2025
Description
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
Security Summary
CVE-2025-23738 is an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability, classified as Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) under CWE-79, in the Ps Ads Pro WordPress plugin developed by Padam Shankhadev. The plugin, identified as ps-ads-pro, is affected in all versions from n/a through 1.0.0 inclusive. Published on 2025-03-03, it 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 high severity due to its network accessibility and scope change.
Attackers can exploit this vulnerability remotely without authentication or privileges, requiring only low complexity and user interaction, such as tricking a victim into visiting a maliciously crafted URL on a site running the vulnerable plugin. Exploitation reflects attacker-controlled input into the web page without proper neutralization, enabling script execution in the victim's browser context. This can result in low-level impacts: limited theft or modification of sensitive data (confidentiality and integrity) and minor denial of service (availability), amplified by the changed scope to the site's security context.
The Patchstack advisory provides details on this WordPress plugin vulnerability and recommends mitigation, available at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/ps-ads-pro/vulnerability/wordpress-ps-ads-pro-plugin-1-0-0-reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve.
Details
- CWE(s)
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques
Why these techniques?
Reflected XSS in public-facing WordPress plugin allows remote unauthenticated exploitation via crafted malicious URLs, directly mapping to T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application.