Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2025-1458

CVE-2025-1458:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

The Element Pack Addons for Elementor – Free Templates and Widgets for WordPress Websites plugin contains a Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability (CVE-2025-1458) discovered in April 2025. The vulnerability affects all versions up to and including 5.10.29, impacting several widgets including Dual Button, Creative Button, and Image Stack (NVD, Wiz).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) issue, identified as CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation). It has received 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 exists due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping in multiple widget components (NVD).

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 unauthorized data access or manipulation of website content (NVD).

Mitigation and workarounds

Users are advised to update their Element Pack Addons for Elementor plugin to a version newer than 5.10.29. The vulnerability has been addressed in subsequent releases (WordPress Plugin).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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