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GHSA-4H5M-4H63-C8CC

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-10-13 06:32 – Updated: 2025-10-14 21:30

Details

The Plus Addons for Elementor WordPress plugin before 6.3.16 does not sanitize SVG file contents, which could allow users with minimum role access as Author to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.

Severity ?

6.8 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2025-9698"
  ],
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    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2025-10-13T06:15:42Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "The Plus Addons for Elementor  WordPress plugin before 6.3.16 does not sanitize SVG file contents, which could allow users with minimum role access as Author to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.",
  "id": "GHSA-4h5m-4h63-c8cc",
  "modified": "2025-10-14T21:30:37Z",
  "published": "2025-10-13T06:32:36Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-9698"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/a9539def-d92b-4117-b36a-17015c578d89"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
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      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}

CVE-2025-9698 (GCVE-0-2025-9698)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-10-13 06:00 – Updated: 2025-10-14 20:25

Title

The Plus Addons for Elementor < 6.3.16 - Author+ Stored XSS

Summary

Severity ?

6.8 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE

CWE-79 Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

Assigner

WPScan

References

URL

Tags

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/a9539def-d92b-41…

exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	Unknown	The Plus Addons for Elementor	Affected: 0 , < 6.3.16 (semver)

Credits

Tan Nguyen WPScan

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              "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM",
              "confidentialityImpact": "HIGH",
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              "scope": "UNCHANGED",
              "userInteraction": "REQUIRED",
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                "timestamp": "2025-10-14T20:25:07.141652Z",
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Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-4H5M-4H63-C8CC

CVE-2025-9698 (GCVE-0-2025-9698)

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