Contributor-level stored XSS via unescaped widget settings
Published Apr 19, 2025 · Updated Jul 25, 2026
Stored cross-site scripting in BdThemes Element Pack 5.10.28 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to inject scripts through widgets. The Wrapper Link, Countdown, and Gallery widgets store Contributor-supplied settings without sufficient input sanitization and render them without contextual output escaping. Contributor-level access is required; the script executes in the browser of any user who opens the injected page, enabling actions within that user's site session.
Summary
What happened
Stored cross-site scripting in BdThemes Element Pack 5.10.28 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to inject scripts through widgets. The Wrapper Link, Countdown, and Gallery widgets store Contributor-supplied settings without sufficient input sanitization and render them without contextual output escaping. Contributor-level access is required; the script executes in the browser of any user who opens the injected page, enabling actions within that user's site session.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-1457
- Published
- Apr 19, 2025
- Updated
- Jul 25, 2026
- Vendor
- BdThemes
- Product
- Element Pack
- Classifications
- CWE-79, T1059.007
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Apr 19, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jul 25, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=0 <=5.10.28
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