CVE-2025-5125 Custom Post Carousels with Owl < 1.4.12 - Contributor+ Stored XSS
A stored XSS vulnerability in the Custom Post Carousels with Owl WordPress plugin allows contributors to inject malicious scripts via unsanitized attributes.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-5125?
CVE-2025-5125 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Custom Post Carousels with Owl, published on 20 Jun 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The Custom Post Carousels with Owl WordPress plugin before 1.4.12 uses the featherlight library and makes use of the data-featherlight attribute without sanitizing before using it.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-5125?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Howardehrenberg Custom Post Carousels With Owl.
How do I fix CVE-2025-5125?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-5125 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-2025-5125 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-5125 exists.
Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Custom Post Carousels with Owl
Sources
Also known as GHSA-f6jx-7qrr-8hv7.