CVE-2025-23975 - CVE House

Status published Medium CVE-2025-23975

WordPress Botnet Attack Blocker plugin <= 2.0.0 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

6.5 CVSS

Vulnerability Description

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in cheesefather Botnet Attack Blocker botnet-attack-blocker allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Botnet Attack Blocker: from n/a through <= 2.0.0.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

Abdi Pranata | Patchstack Bug Bounty Program

References

https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/botnet-attack-blocker/vulnerability/wordpress-botnet-attack-blocker-plugin-2-0-0-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

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Medium 6.5

Affected Vendor

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Affected Software

Botnet Attack Blocker

Vulnerable Versions:

Timeline

Official Publish: February 16th, 2025

Last Modified: May 11th, 2026

Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-79

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1189 Drive-by Compromise

Initial Access

T1059.007 JavaScript

Execution

T1539 Steal Web Session Cookie

Collection

T1213 Data from Information Repositories