Vulnerability · Published Dec 12, 2025 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2025-12830Better Elementor Addons <= 1.5.5 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Slider Widget
Medium 6.4
In plain English
A medium-severity cross-site scripting in Better Addons for Elementor from wpdive. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 14% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The Better Elementor Addons plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the Slider widget in all versions up to, and including, 1.5.5 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.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| wpdive | Better Addons for Elementor | 0 – through 1.5.5 |
Weakness: CWE-79 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d714d740-d7e0-49fd-af08-b4a80c9d0599?source=cve
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/better-elementor-addons/
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/better-elementor-addons/tags/1.5.4/widgets/slider/styles/style1.php#L19
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/better-elementor-addons/tags/1.5.4/widgets/slider/styles/style2.php#L17
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/better-elementor-addons/tags/1.5.4/widgets/slider/styles/style5.php#L12
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3432917%40better-elementor-addons&new=3432917%40better-elementor-addons&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=