Stored Cross-Site Scripting in Elements Plus! Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2025-8689

6.4MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

WordPress
Status
Elements Plus!
Vendor
CVE Published:
11 September 2025

What is CVE-2025-8689?

The Elements Plus! plugin for WordPress allows authenticated users with contributor-level access and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks, due to inadequate input sanitization and output escaping in its Image Comparison, HotSpot Plus, and Google Maps widgets. This flaw can result in the injection of arbitrary web scripts, compromising the integrity of content and leading to potential exploitation whenever affected pages are accessed by users.

Affected Version(s)

Elements Plus! * <= 2.16.4

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://wordpress.org/plugins/elements-plus/#developers

CVSS V3.1

Score:
6.4
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
Low
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Changed

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

D.Sim
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CVE-2025-8689 : Stored Cross-Site Scripting in Elements Plus! Plugin for WordPress