Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability in Modal Window Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2025-0897

5.4MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor
WordPress
Status
Modal Window – Create Popup Modal Window
Vendor
CVE Published:
20 February 2025

Summary

The Modal Window plugin for WordPress is susceptible to Stored Cross-Site Scripting due to inadequate input sanitization and output escaping in the 'iframeBox' shortcode. Authenticated users with contributor-level privileges can exploit this vulnerability to inject malicious web scripts into pages. These scripts will execute whenever a user visits an affected page, posing a significant risk to site security and user data integrity.

Affected Version(s)

Modal Window – create popup modal window * <= 6.1.5

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/modal-window/t...
https://wordpress.org/plugins/modal-window/#developers

CVSS V3.1

Score:
5.4
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
Low
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Changed

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Bassem Essam
.