CVE-2025-24602
Published: 04 February 2025
Description
An adversary may rely upon a user clicking a malicious link in order to gain execution.
Security Summary
CVE-2025-24602 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 WP24 Domain Check WordPress plugin (wp24-domain-check), impacting versions from n/a through 1.10.14 inclusive.
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 accessibility, low attack complexity, no required privileges, and user interaction needed, with a changed scope. Remote attackers can exploit it by tricking authenticated or unauthenticated users into interacting with maliciously crafted input, such as a specially crafted URL, leading to script execution in the victim's browser context and low-level impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Patchstack has published details on this issue, accessible at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/wp24-domain-check/vulnerability/wordpress-wp24-domain-check-plugin-1-10-14-reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve, for security practitioners to review advisories and mitigation guidance.
Details
- CWE(s)
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques
Why these techniques?
Reflected XSS is directly exploited by tricking users into clicking a specially crafted malicious URL containing the payload, enabling script execution in the browser.