CVE-2025-14721 Responsive and Swipe slider <= 1.0.2 - Authenticated (Editor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode
Authenticated attackers can inject arbitrary scripts via shortcode attributes, leading to script execution in victim browsers.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-14721?
CVE-2025-14721 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in mansoormunib RESPONSIVE AND SWIPE SLIDER!, published on 20 Dec 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Responsive and Swipe slider plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's rsSlider shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.2 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.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-14721?
How do I fix CVE-2025-14721?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-14721 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-2025-14721 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-14721 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-hrr7-r63m-3gxm.