Cyber Posture

CVE-2025-24557

High

Published: 03 February 2025

Published
03 February 2025
Modified
23 April 2026
KEV Added
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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 0.0006 17.2th percentile
Risk Priority 14 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

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-2025-24557** is an **Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation** vulnerability, classified as **Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS)** under **CWE-79**. It affects the **PlainInventory z-inventory-manager plugin for WordPress**, specifically all versions from **n/a through <= 3.1.5**. Published on **2025-02-03**, it has a **CVSS v3.1 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, low complexity, no required privileges, user interaction dependency, and cross-origin scope with low impacts across confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

**Attackers** can exploit this remotely **without authentication** by crafting malicious inputs (e.g., via URLs or forms) that reflect executable scripts back to users interacting with the plugin's web pages. **Victims** (e.g., site admins or logged-in users) clicking links or visiting pages trigger script execution in their browser context, enabling **cookie/session theft**, **keylogging**, **phishing**, or **account hijacking**. With **cross-origin privileges (S:C)**, attackers could pivot to deface sites, redirect users, or chain attacks if victims hold elevated roles.

Per the **Patchstack advisory** (https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/z-inventory-manager/vulnerability/wordpress-plaininventory-plugin-3-1-5-reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve), **mitigate by updating** to a patched version (if available), **disabling the plugin**, enabling **Content Security Policy (CSP)** headers, input validation, and monitoring for anomalous requests. No other advisories provided.

No data on real-world exploitation or AI/ML ties.

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.
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T1566.002 Spearphishing Link Initial Access
Adversaries may send spearphishing emails with a malicious link in an attempt to gain access to victim systems.
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T1056.001 Keylogging Collection
Adversaries may log user keystrokes to intercept credentials as the user types them.
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T1539 Steal Web Session Cookie Credential Access
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.
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Why these techniques?

Reflected XSS in public-facing WordPress plugin directly enables T1190; facilitates malicious link delivery (T1566.002), keylogging via injected scripts (T1056.001), and web session cookie theft (T1539).

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

References