CVE-2025-1627 Qi Blocks < 1.4 - Contributor+ Stored XSS via ToC Block
Contributors can inject malicious scripts via ToC Block options, leading to stored XSS attacks against site visitors.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-1627?
CVE-2025-1627 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Qi Blocks, published on 19 May 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The Qi Blocks WordPress plugin before 1.4 does not validate and escape some of its block options before outputting them back in a page/post where the block is embed, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-1627?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Qodeinteractive Qi Blocks.
How do I fix CVE-2025-1627?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-1627 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-2025-1627 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-1627 exists.
Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Qi Blocks
- CVE-2024-49690 WordPress Qi Blocks plugin <= 1.3.2 - Local File Inclusion vulnerability
- CVE-2024-38712 WordPress Qi Blocks plugin <= 1.3 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
- CVE-2024-5221 Qi Blocks <= 1.2.9 - Authenticated (Author+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- CVE-2025-1625 Qi Blocks < 1.4 - Contributor+ Stored XSS via Counter Block
- CVE-2025-1626 Qi Blocks < 1.4 - Contributor+ Stored XSS vi Countdown Block
Sources
Also known as GHSA-mgxw-4c3p-hwg4.