Vulnerability · Published Sep 6, 2025 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2025-8722Content Views <= 4.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Grid and List Widgets
Medium 6.4
In plain English
A medium-severity cross-site scripting in Content Views – Post Grid & Filter, Recent Posts, Category Posts … (Shortcode, Gutenberg Blocks, and Widgets for Elementor) from pt-guy. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 17% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The Content Views plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's Grid and List widgets in all versions up to, and including, 4.1 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 |
|---|---|---|
| pt-guy | Content Views – Post Grid & Filter, Recent Posts, Category Posts … (Shortcode, Gutenberg Blocks, and Widgets for Elementor) | 0 – through 4.1 |
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/12443e0c-2a03-4f62-bf89-cf0497f44a26?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/content-views-query-and-display-post-page/trunk/elementor/render.php#L30
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/content-views-query-and-display-post-page/#developers
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3350005/