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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2025-1456
CVE-2025-1456:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The Royal Elementor Addons and Templates plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) via the widgetGrid, widgetCountDown, and widgetInstagramFeed methods in versions up to and including 1.7.1012. The vulnerability was disclosed on April 12, 2025, and has been assigned identifier CVE-2025-1456. The issue affects authenticated users with Contributor-level access and above (NVD).
Technical details
The vulnerability stems from insufficient input sanitization and output escaping in multiple widget methods of the Royal Elementor Addons plugin. The affected components include the widgetGrid, widgetCountDown, and widgetInstagramFeed methods. The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 Base Score of 6.4 (MEDIUM) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N. The vulnerability is classified as CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (NVD, Wordfence).
Impact
When exploited, this vulnerability allows authenticated attackers with Contributor-level access or higher to inject arbitrary web scripts into pages. These malicious scripts will execute whenever a user accesses the compromised page, potentially leading to theft of sensitive information or manipulation of page content (NVD).
Mitigation and workarounds
A fix has been released in version 1.7.1013 of the Royal Elementor Addons and Templates plugin. Users are advised to update to this version or later to protect against this vulnerability. The fix can be verified by examining the changes in the plugin's frontend.js file (WordPress Plugin).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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