CVE-2025-24666 Overview
CVE-2025-24666 is a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Themeisle AI Chatbot for WordPress – Hyve Lite plugin. The flaw affects all versions of hyve-lite up to and including 1.2.2. An authenticated attacker with high privileges can inject malicious script content that persists in the application and executes in the browser of any user who views the affected page.
The vulnerability is tracked under CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation. Successful exploitation can compromise site visitors, hijack sessions, or pivot to further attacks against WordPress administrators.
Critical Impact
Stored XSS enables attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript in the context of the affected WordPress site, potentially leading to session theft, credential harvesting, and administrative account takeover.
Affected Products
- Themeisle AI Chatbot for WordPress – Hyve Lite plugin (hyve-lite)
- All plugin versions from unspecified initial release through 1.2.2
- WordPress sites running the vulnerable plugin
Discovery Timeline
- 2025-01-24 - CVE-2025-24666 published to NVD
- 2026-06-17 - Last updated in NVD database
Technical Details for CVE-2025-24666
Vulnerability Analysis
The Hyve Lite plugin fails to properly neutralize user-supplied input before rendering it within web pages generated by the plugin. When an authenticated user with sufficient privileges submits crafted input containing HTML or JavaScript payloads, the plugin stores that content without adequate sanitization or output encoding. The stored payload later executes in the browser of any user who loads the affected page.
Exploitation requires high privileges and user interaction, and the attack scope changes between the vulnerable component and the impacted browser session. Because the payload persists in the WordPress database, it can affect multiple visitors over time until the malicious content is removed.
Root Cause
The root cause is missing or insufficient input validation and output escaping within the plugin's data-handling routines. WordPress provides sanitization primitives such as wp_kses_post(), esc_html(), and esc_attr() for this purpose. The Hyve Lite plugin did not apply these controls consistently to fields that ultimately reach the DOM.
Attack Vector
An attacker with an authenticated high-privilege account submits crafted input through a plugin field that accepts data destined for later rendering. The stored payload activates when a victim, typically an administrator or site visitor, loads a page that renders the injected content. Refer to the Patchstack advisory for additional technical context.
No verified public proof-of-concept code is available for this issue. The vulnerability is described in prose only in accordance with responsible disclosure.
Detection Methods for CVE-2025-24666
Indicators of Compromise
- Unexpected <script> tags, event handlers, or encoded JavaScript stored within Hyve Lite plugin data records in the WordPress database
- Outbound requests from administrator browsers to unknown domains after loading plugin-rendered pages
- Anomalous session activity or credential changes following administrator visits to pages containing chatbot content
Detection Strategies
- Audit wp_options and plugin-specific database tables for stored HTML or JavaScript within Hyve Lite content fields
- Deploy a web application firewall rule set that flags XSS payload patterns targeting known WordPress plugin endpoints
- Review WordPress user activity logs for unusual submissions from high-privilege accounts to Hyve Lite configuration screens
Monitoring Recommendations
- Enable Content Security Policy (CSP) reporting to capture attempted script executions from unexpected origins
- Monitor plugin file integrity and detect installations of hyve-lite at version 1.2.2 or earlier across managed WordPress fleets
- Alert on administrative account behavior anomalies, including new user creation or permission changes following plugin interaction
How to Mitigate CVE-2025-24666
Immediate Actions Required
- Update the AI Chatbot for WordPress – Hyve Lite plugin to a version later than 1.2.2 as soon as a fixed release is available
- Restrict high-privilege WordPress accounts to trusted users and enforce multi-factor authentication for all administrators
- Review and remove any suspicious stored content in the plugin's data tables
Patch Information
Refer to the Patchstack advisory for Hyve Lite for current patch status and vendor guidance. Apply the fixed plugin release through the WordPress plugin repository when available.
Workarounds
- Deactivate and remove the Hyve Lite plugin until a patched version is installed
- Deploy a WAF rule set that blocks XSS payloads targeting the plugin's request paths
- Enforce a strict Content Security Policy that disallows inline scripts and restricts script sources to trusted origins
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