CVE-2025-23811
Published: 22 January 2025
Description
An adversary may steal web application or service session cookies and use them to gain access to web applications or Internet services as an authenticated user without needing credentials.
Security Summary
CVE-2025-23811 is an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability, classified as Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) under CWE-79, in the WP2APP plugin (wp2appir) developed by ghasemy14 for WordPress. This issue affects the plugin from unknown initial versions through 2.6.2. The vulnerability was published on 2025-01-22 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 and no required privileges, though it demands user interaction such as clicking a malicious link. Exploitation results in a changed scope, enabling limited impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability within the victim's browser context, potentially allowing theft of session data or execution of arbitrary scripts in the user's session.
The Patchstack advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/wp2appir/vulnerability/wordpress-wp2app-plugin-2-6-2-reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve documents the Reflected XSS vulnerability in WP2APP plugin version 2.6.2 and provides details on affected installations for mitigation purposes. Security practitioners should review this reference for patch availability and recommended remediation steps.
Details
- CWE(s)
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques
Why these techniques?
Reflected XSS requires user to click malicious link (T1204.001) to trigger arbitrary JavaScript execution (T1059.007) in browser context, enabling theft of session data (T1539).