CVE-2025-27267
Published: 26 March 2025
Description
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
Security Summary
CVE-2025-27267 is an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability, classified as Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) under CWE-79, in the Random Quotes WordPress plugin by srcoley (slug: random-quotes). This issue affects all versions of the plugin from n/a through 1.3 inclusive. The vulnerability was published on 2025-03-26 and 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).
Attackers can exploit this vulnerability remotely over the network with low attack complexity and no required privileges, though it demands user interaction such as clicking a malicious link. Upon successful exploitation, adversaries can inject and execute arbitrary scripts in the context of the victim's browser, achieving low impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability due to the changed scope.
The Patchstack advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/random-quotes/vulnerability/wordpress-random-quotes-plugin-1-3-reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve documents this Reflected XSS vulnerability specifically in Random Quotes plugin version 1.3 and provides details relevant to mitigation for affected WordPress installations.
Details
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Why these techniques?
Reflected XSS in public-facing WordPress plugin directly enables exploitation of public-facing applications to inject and execute arbitrary scripts in victim browsers via malicious links.