# CVE-2025-6997: Cross-site scripting in ThemeREX Addons

> Authenticated attackers can inject arbitrary scripts via SVG uploads in ThemeREX Addons, leading to stored XSS execution on victim pages.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 19 Jul 2025
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-m6wr-j9jc-5v2m

## What is CVE-2025-6997?

CVE-2025-6997 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in ThemeREX Addons, published on 19 Jul 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The ThemeREX Addons plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via SVG File uploads in all versions up to, and including, 2.35.1.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. The plugin’s SVG rendering routine calls the trx_addons_get_svg_from_file() function on an unvalidated 'svg' parameter supplied via the shortcode or Elementor widget settings, then outputs it via the trx_addons_show_layout() function.  Because there is no check on the URL’s origin, scheme, or the SVG content itself, authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, can supply a remote SVG and inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses the SVG file.

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-6997?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Themerex Addons.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-6997?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-6997 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-6997 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-6997 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in ThemeREX Addons

- [CVE-2024-13448](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-13448/): ThemeREX Addons <= 2.32.3 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload in trx_addons_uploads_save_data (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2020-10257](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-10257/): Code injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2025-0682](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-0682/): ThemeREX Addons <= 2.33.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Local File Inclusion via Shortcode (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-6997 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-6997 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in ThemeREX Addons, published on 19 Jul 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-6997 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: ThemeREX Addons. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-6997/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-6997/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-6997
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-6997
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-6997

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-6997/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.