Stored XSS via unescaped taxonomy names
Published Nov 4, 2025 · Updated Nov 4, 2025
Stored XSS in Themeisle Orbit Fox 3.0.2 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to inject scripts through taxonomy names. The Elementor Post Type Grid widget renders attacker-controlled category and tag name values into page output without sufficient sanitization or context-appropriate escaping. Author-level access is required to store a crafted taxonomy name, and the script executes in the browser of anyone who opens a page displaying the affected widget metadata.
Summary
What happened
Stored XSS in Themeisle Orbit Fox 3.0.2 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to inject scripts through taxonomy names. The Elementor Post Type Grid widget renders attacker-controlled category and tag name values into page output without sufficient sanitization or context-appropriate escaping. Author-level access is required to store a crafted taxonomy name, and the script executes in the browser of anyone who opens a page displaying the affected widget metadata.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-12045
- Published
- Nov 4, 2025
- Updated
- Nov 4, 2025
- Vendor
- Query Solutions Ltd.
- Product
- Orbit Fox
- Classifications
- CWE-79, T1059.007
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Nov 4, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Nov 4, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=* <=3.0.2
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