Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2025-22811

CVE-2025-22811:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

A Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability was discovered in the Modeltheme MT Addons for Elementor WordPress plugin, identified as CVE-2025-22811. The vulnerability was reported by João Pedro Soares de Alcântara on September 25, 2024, and was publicly disclosed on January 7, 2025. This security issue affects MT Addons for Elementor versions through 1.0.6, allowing authenticated users with Contributor or higher privileges to perform Stored XSS attacks (Patchstack Database).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation) and has received a CVSS v3.1 base score of 6.5 (Medium). The attack vector is characterized by CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L, indicating that it requires network access, low attack complexity, low privileges, and user interaction (NVD Database, Patchstack Database).

Impact

The vulnerability allows malicious actors to inject malicious scripts, including redirects, advertisements, and other HTML payloads into the website. These injected scripts are executed when guests visit the affected site, potentially compromising the security and integrity of the website content (Patchstack Database).

Mitigation and workarounds

The vulnerability has been patched in version 1.0.7 of the MT Addons for Elementor plugin. Users are advised to update to version 1.0.7 or later to remove the vulnerability. Patchstack users have the option to enable auto-update for vulnerable plugins (Patchstack Database).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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