CVE-2025-1456 Royal Elementor Addons and Templates <= 1.7.1012 - Authenticated DOM-Based (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Q: What is CVE-2025-1456?

CVE-2025-1456 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Royal-Elementor-Addons Royal Elementor Addons, published on 12 Apr 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Q: Is CVE-2025-1456 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-1456 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Q: How do I fix CVE-2025-1456?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-1456 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Medium 6.4 Published 12 Apr 2025 Updated 8 Apr 2026

Authenticated attackers with Contributor access can inject arbitrary scripts via specific widgets, leading to stored XSS execution on victim pages.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2025-1456?

CVE-2025-1456 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Royal-Elementor-Addons Royal Elementor Addons, published on 12 Apr 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The Royal Elementor Addons and Templates plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the `widgetGrid`, `widgetCountDown`, and `widgetInstagramFeed` methods in all versions up to, and including, 1.7.1012 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.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-1456?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Royal-Elementor-Addons Royal Elementor Addons.

How do I fix CVE-2025-1456?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-1456 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.

Is CVE-2025-1456 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-1456 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-vvpr-2hf5-pj92.