CVE-2025-49956 WordPress Fade Slider plugin <= 2.5 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
Attackers can inject malicious scripts via reflected XSS in the Fade Slider plugin, potentially compromising user sessions.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-49956?
CVE-2025-49956 is a high-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Anandaraj Balu Fade Slider, published on 22 Oct 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Anandaraj Balu Fade Slider fade-slider allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects Fade Slider: from n/a through <= 2.5.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-49956?
How do I fix CVE-2025-49956?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-49956 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-2025-49956 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-49956 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-j3h8-47pw-pgvg.