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CVE-2025-7498: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

The Exclusive Addons for Elementor WordPress plugin (versions up to 2.7.9.4) contains a Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability via the Countdown Widget. The vulnerability was discovered and disclosed on August 5, 2025, and assigned CVE-2025-7498 (NVD, Wordfence).

Technical details

The vulnerability stems from insufficient input sanitization and output escaping in the Countdown Widget component. It has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 6.4 (Medium) with 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).

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

Users should update to version 2.7.9.5 or later of the Exclusive Addons for Elementor plugin which contains security improvements and fixes for this vulnerability (Wordfence).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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