CVE-2025-24593
Published: 27 January 2025
Description
Adversaries may install code on externally facing portals, such as a VPN login page, to capture and transmit credentials of users who attempt to log into the service.
Security Summary
CVE-2025-24593 is an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability, classified as Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) under CWE-79, in the WisdmLabs Edwiser Bridge (edwiser-bridge) WordPress plugin. It affects all versions from n/a through 3.0.8. Published on 2025-01-27, the issue has 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 complexity and no required privileges, though it demands user interaction such as clicking a malicious link. Scope changes upon successful exploitation (S:C), enabling low-level impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:L/I:L/A:L). This allows injection of malicious scripts reflected in dynamically generated web pages.
The Patchstack advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/edwiser-bridge/vulnerability/wordpress-edwiser-bridge-plugin-3-0-8-reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve provides details on this Reflected XSS vulnerability in Edwiser Bridge version 3.0.8 for mitigation guidance.
Details
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MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques
Why these techniques?
Reflected XSS in public-facing WordPress plugin directly enables exploitation of public-facing applications (T1190) and malicious script injection to capture input from web portals (T1056.003).