CVE-2025-23769
Published: 22 January 2025
Description
Adversaries may abuse various implementations of JavaScript for execution.
Security Summary
CVE-2025-23769 is an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability, classified as Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) under CWE-79, in the Content Mirror WordPress plugin by dreamsofmatter. This issue affects Content Mirror versions from n/a through 1.2 inclusive, as published on 2025-01-22.
The vulnerability has 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, and user interaction. Remote attackers can exploit it by crafting malicious inputs that are reflected unsanitized in web page generation, tricking authenticated users into triggering the XSS via phishing links or similar vectors, potentially executing arbitrary scripts in the victim's browser session with low impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability but changed scope.
The Patchstack advisory (https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/content-mirror/vulnerability/wordpress-content-mirror-plugin-1-2-reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve) documents the Reflected XSS vulnerability in Content Mirror plugin version 1.2 for WordPress.
Details
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MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques
Why these techniques?
Reflected XSS in public-facing WordPress plugin enables exploitation of the web app for arbitrary JavaScript execution in browser, often via malicious links.