Cyber Posture

CVE-2025-23995

High

Published: 31 March 2025

Published
31 March 2025
Modified
28 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 0.0044 63.1th percentile
Risk Priority 14 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Description

Adversaries may abuse various implementations of JavaScript for execution.

Security Summary

CVE-2025-23995 is an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability, classified as Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) under CWE-79, in the ta2g Tantyyellow WordPress theme. This issue affects Tantyyellow versions from n/a through 1.0.0.5. Published on 2025-03-31, 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 over the network with low complexity and no required privileges, though it demands user interaction such as clicking a malicious link. Successful exploitation enables limited impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability within the victim's browser context, potentially allowing theft of session data or execution of scripts in the site's domain.

The Patchstack advisory provides details on this WordPress theme vulnerability, including mitigation guidance, at https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/theme/tantyyellow/vulnerability/wordpress-tantyyellow-theme-1-0-0-5-reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve.

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.
T1059.007 JavaScript Execution
Adversaries may abuse various implementations of JavaScript for execution.
Why these techniques?

Reflected XSS in public-facing WordPress theme directly enables T1190 (exploiting public-facing apps via crafted links) and T1059.007 (arbitrary JavaScript execution in browser for session theft or script running).

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

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