{"id":"CVE-2025-9080","title":"The Generic Elements plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via multiple widget fields in version 1.2.8 and earlier","summary":"The Generic Elements plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via multiple widget fields in version 1.2.8 and earlier. This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user-supplied attribute…","severity":"medium","cvss":6.4,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","cwe":["CWE-79"],"published":"2025-10-03","updated":"2026-10-08","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-08T22:10:00.563","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-9080","references":[{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/generic-elements-for-elementor/tags/1.2.4/widgets/FunFactor.php#L692","label":"security@wordfence.com"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/generic-elements-for-elementor/tags/1.2.4/widgets/Slider.php#L1025","label":"security@wordfence.com"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/generic-elements-for-elementor/tags/1.2.8/widgets/CallToAction.php#L1110","label":"security@wordfence.com"},{"url":"https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/7a341a7e-9ed2-436f-846a-59a5d51916fe?source=cve","label":"security@wordfence.com"}],"tags":["nvd"],"epss":0.003,"epssPercentile":0.20851,"ingestedAt":"2026-10-08T22:11:53.764Z","slug":"CVE-2025-9080","body":"## Overview\n\nThe Generic Elements plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via multiple widget fields in version 1.2.8 and earlier. This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user-supplied attributes. 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.\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":35,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":35.2,"likelihood":0.1,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}