WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

Image Hover Effects for Elementor <= 1.0.2.4 - Contributor+ Stored XSS

Description

The plugin is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Affects Plugins

Plugin icon
image-hover-effects-elementor-addon
No known fix

References

CVE
CVE-2025-22323
URL
https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/image-hover-effects-elementor-addon/vulnerability/wordpress-image-hover-effects-for-elementor-plugin-1-0-2-3-stored-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability

Classification

Type
XSS
OWASP top 10
A7: Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
CWE
CWE-79
CVSS
5.9 (medium)

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
Gab
Verified
No
WPVDB ID
cd043ceb-e2e4-4bd2-8804-4a0e7944d870

Timeline

Publicly Published
2025-01-03 (about 1 year ago)
Added
2025-01-08 (about 1 year ago)
Last Updated
2025-10-29 (about 7 months ago)

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