Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability in Content Views Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2025-8722

6.4MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

WordPress
Status
Content Views – Post Grid & Filter, Recent Posts, Category Posts … (shortcode, Blocks, And Elementor Widgets)
Vendor
CVE Published:
6 September 2025

What is CVE-2025-8722?

The Content Views plugin for WordPress suffers from a Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability due to inadequate input sanitization and output escaping on user-supplied attributes in its Grid and List widgets. Authenticated attackers with contributor-level permissions can exploit this flaw to inject malicious web scripts into pages. These scripts execute automatically whenever a user accesses a compromised page, posing significant security risks to site visitors.

Affected Version(s)

Content Views – Post Grid & Filter, Recent Posts, Category Posts … (Shortcode, Blocks, and Elementor Widgets) * <= 4.1

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/content-views-...
https://wordpress.org/plugins/content-views-query-and-dis...

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

Craig Smith
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CVE-2025-8722 : Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability in Content Views Plugin for WordPress