Cyber Posture

CVE-2025-23994

High

Published: 21 January 2025

Published
21 January 2025
Modified
23 April 2026
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score 7.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
EPSS Score 0.0018 38.9th percentile
Risk Priority 14 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Description

Adversaries may gain access to a system through a user visiting a website over the normal course of browsing.

Security Summary

CVE-2025-23994, published on 2025-01-21, is an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability, enabling Stored Cross-site Scripting (XSS) as classified under CWE-79. It affects the Estatebud – Properties & Listings WordPress plugin (estatebud-properties-listings) in all versions up to and including 5.5.0.

The vulnerability 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 network-accessible exploitation with low attack complexity, no required privileges, and user interaction needed. Unauthenticated attackers can leverage a CSRF-to-Stored XSS vector to inject and store malicious scripts, which execute in the context of other users viewing affected pages, resulting in low impacts to confidentiality, integrity, and availability under a changed scope.

The Patchstack advisory (https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/estatebud-properties-listings/vulnerability/wordpress-estatebud-properties-listings-plugin-5-5-0-csrf-to-stored-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve) documents the CSRF-to-Stored XSS issue in Estatebud – Properties & Listings version 5.5.0 and earlier, providing vulnerability details for mitigation.

Details

CWE(s)
CWE-79

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
T1189 Drive-by Compromise Initial Access
Adversaries may gain access to a system through a user visiting a website over the normal course of browsing.
Why these techniques?

Stored XSS in public-facing WordPress plugin directly enables exploitation of the web application (T1190) and facilitates drive-by compromise by injecting executable scripts into pages viewed by users (T1189).

Confidence: MEDIUM · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v19.0

References