Cyber Posture

CVE-2025-28924

High

Published: 26 March 2025

Published
26 March 2025
Modified
23 April 2026
KEV Added
Patch
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 0.0014 33.2th percentile
Risk Priority 14 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Description

An adversary may rely upon a user clicking a malicious link in order to gain execution.

Security Summary

CVE-2025-28924 is an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability, classified as Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) under CWE-79, in the Simbul ZenphotoPress (zenphotopress) WordPress plugin. This issue affects all versions of ZenphotoPress from n/a through 1.8 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 Reflected XSS over the network with low attack complexity and no required privileges, though it demands user interaction such as clicking a malicious link. Exploitation changes the security scope, enabling arbitrary script execution in the victim's browser context, which could result in low-level impacts to confidentiality, integrity, and availability, such as session hijacking or minor data manipulation.

The Patchstack advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/zenphotopress/vulnerability/wordpress-zenphotopress-plugin-1-8-reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve documents this Reflected XSS vulnerability specifically in the WordPress ZenphotoPress plugin version 1.8, providing further technical details for security practitioners to assess and address exposure.

Details

CWE(s)
CWE-79

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

T1185 Browser Session Hijacking Collection
Adversaries may take advantage of security vulnerabilities and inherent functionality in browser software to change content, modify user-behaviors, and intercept information as part of various browser session hijacking techniques.
T1204.001 Malicious Link Execution
An adversary may rely upon a user clicking a malicious link in order to gain execution.
Why these techniques?

Reflected XSS enables arbitrary browser script execution leading to session hijacking (T1185) and requires user interaction via malicious link (T1204.001).

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

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