CVE-2025-28890
Published: 26 March 2025
Description
Adversaries may abuse various implementations of JavaScript for execution.
Security Summary
CVE-2025-28890 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 Lightview Plus (lightview-plus) WordPress plugin by puzich, impacting all versions from n/a through 3.1.3 inclusive. The issue was published on 2025-03-26 with 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).
Unauthenticated attackers with network access can exploit this vulnerability by crafting malicious inputs that are reflected back in dynamically generated web pages. Exploitation requires user interaction, such as clicking a malicious link, which triggers XSS payload execution in the victim's browser context. Successful attacks can lead to low impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, with a changed scope that may affect additional resources or users.
Advisories, including the Patchstack reference at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/lightview-plus/vulnerability/wordpress-lightview-plus-plugin-3-1-3-reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve, detail the vulnerability in the WordPress Lightview Plus plugin up to version 3.1.3 and provide guidance on mitigation, such as applying available patches or updates.
Details
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MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques
Why these techniques?
Reflected XSS in public-facing WordPress plugin directly enables T1190 (exploit public-facing app); requires malicious link for user interaction (T1204.001); payload executes JavaScript in browser (T1059.007).