CVE-2025-8690
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CVE-2025-8690 is a medium-severity vulnerability rated 6.4/10 on the CVSS scale. The Simple Responsive Slider plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting in all versions up to, and including, 2.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. 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.. EPSS estimates a 0.23% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
The Simple Responsive Slider plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting in all versions up to, and including, 2.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. 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.
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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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Timeline
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- Status
- Deferred
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