Cyber Posture

CVE-2025-25144

High

Published: 07 February 2025

Published
07 February 2025
Modified
23 April 2026
KEV Added
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Patch
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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 0.0018 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-2025-25144 is an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability, classified as Stored Cross-site Scripting (XSS) under CWE-79, affecting the Theasys WordPress plugin in versions from n/a through 1.0.1.

Unauthenticated attackers with network access can exploit this vulnerability with low attack complexity by tricking users into interacting, such as through a CSRF vector leading to stored XSS. Successful exploitation changes scope and results in low impacts to confidentiality, integrity, and availability, earning 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).

The Patchstack advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/theasys/vulnerability/wordpress-theasys-plugin-1-0-1-csrf-to-stored-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve provides details on the CSRF-to-Stored XSS issue in Theasys plugin version 1.0.1.

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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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.
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Why these techniques?

Stored XSS vulnerability in public-facing WordPress plugin directly enables exploitation of public-facing applications (T1190) and facilitates drive-by compromise through injected client-side scripts affecting visitors (T1189).

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

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