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CVE-2025-8690:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The Simple Responsive Slider plugin for WordPress contains a Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability (CVE-2025-8690) affecting all versions up to and including 2.0. The vulnerability was discovered and reported by Wordfence, with the plugin being closed on August 7, 2025, pending a full security review (NVD, WordPress Plugin).
Technical details
The vulnerability stems from insufficient input sanitization and output escaping in the plugin's functionality. It has been assigned 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 weakness is classified under 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 an affected page, potentially leading to compromised user sessions, data theft, or other malicious actions (NVD).
Mitigation and workarounds
The plugin has been temporarily closed and removed from the WordPress plugin repository as of August 7, 2025, pending a full security review. Users are advised to disable and remove the plugin until a patched version becomes available (WordPress Plugin).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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