CVE-2025-23843
Published: 03 March 2025
Description
Adversaries may take advantage of security vulnerabilities and inherent functionality in browser software to change content, modify user-behaviors, and intercept information as part of various browser session hijacking techniques.
Security Summary
CVE-2025-23843 is an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability, enabling Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) as classified under CWE-79. It affects the WP-HR Manager: The Human Resources Plugin for WordPress (wp-hr-manager), impacting all versions from n/a through 3.1.0 inclusive. The issue was published on 2025-03-03.
The vulnerability carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.1 (High) with the vector AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L. Remote attackers with no required privileges can exploit it over the network with low attack complexity by tricking authenticated users into performing an action, such as interacting with a malicious link or input reflected in a web page. Successful exploitation allows arbitrary script execution in the victim's browser context, with changed scope potentially enabling low impacts on confidentiality (e.g., session data theft), integrity, and availability.
The Patchstack advisory documents this Reflected XSS issue in WP-HR Manager plugin version 3.1.0 and provides additional vulnerability details at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/wp-hr-manager/vulnerability/wordpress-wp-hr-manager-plugin-3-1-0-reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve. Security practitioners should consult this reference for recommended mitigations, such as plugin updates if available.
Details
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MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques
Why these techniques?
The reflected XSS vulnerability in the public-facing WP-HR Manager WordPress plugin directly enables exploitation of public-facing applications (T1190) and facilitates browser session hijacking via arbitrary script execution for session data theft or actions on behalf of the user (T1185).