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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2025-8666
CVE-2025-8666:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The Testimonial Carousel For Elementor WordPress plugin (versions ≤ 11.6.2) contains a Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability. The issue exists due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping across multiple parameters (NVD).
Technical details
The vulnerability is classified as CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation). It has 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 (NVD).
Impact
This vulnerability allows authenticated attackers with contributor-level access or higher to inject arbitrary web scripts into pages. These malicious scripts will execute whenever any user accesses the affected pages (NVD).
Mitigation and workarounds
Users should upgrade to a version newer than 11.6.2 when available. Until then, it is recommended to restrict access to contributor-level accounts and carefully monitor any content changes made by authenticated users (NVD).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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