Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2025-2944

CVE-2025-2944:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

The Jeg Elementor Kit plugin for WordPress contains a Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability (CVE-2025-2944) discovered on May 9, 2025. The vulnerability affects versions up to and including 2.6.12, specifically in the plugin's Video Button and Countdown Widgets. The issue stems from insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user-supplied attributes (NVD, Wiz).

Technical details

The vulnerability arises from improper input sanitization and output escaping of user-supplied attributes in the Video Button and Countdown Widgets. This security flaw allows authenticated attackers with contributor-level access or higher to inject arbitrary web scripts into pages. The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 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 (NVD).

Impact

When exploited, the vulnerability enables authenticated attackers to inject malicious scripts that execute in users' browsers when they visit affected pages. This could lead to various attacks including cookie theft, session hijacking, or other client-side attacks targeting site visitors (Wiz).

Mitigation and workarounds

The vulnerability has been patched in version 2.6.13 of the Jeg Elementor Kit plugin. Site administrators are advised to update to this latest version which includes security improvements and fixes for the XSS vulnerability (WordPress Plugin).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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